Framing obesity in UK policy from the Blair years, 1997-2015: The persistence of individualistic approaches despite overwhelming evidence of societal and economic factors, and the need for collective responsibility

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 397-411

  Ulijaszek, Stanley J ^a   Mclennan, Amy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Individualism; Obesity policy; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRAMING BIAS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; POLITICS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUATION; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962715482     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12386     Document Type: Article

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