TY - JOUR
T1 - From Theory to Policy
T2 - Reducing Harms Associated with the Weight-Centered Health Paradigm
AU - O’Reilly, Caitlin
AU - Sixsmith, Judith
PY - 2012/1/19
Y1 - 2012/1/19
N2 - This article provides an overview of harms associated with public policy promotion of the weight-centered health paradigm and suggests that a shift away from weight-centered health policies is required. Given the evidence about the negative health implications of weight-centric health policies, the objectives are to explore why public policy officials uncritically rely on and promote the weight– centered health paradigm and to propose policy alternatives. Based on findings from discourse analysis of “obesity”-related1 policy documents, public health policy solutions to the weight-centered health paradigm are proposed and analyzed, drawing from ten key informant interviews with stakeholders working within the policy, academic, and medical contexts.
AB - This article provides an overview of harms associated with public policy promotion of the weight-centered health paradigm and suggests that a shift away from weight-centered health policies is required. Given the evidence about the negative health implications of weight-centric health policies, the objectives are to explore why public policy officials uncritically rely on and promote the weight– centered health paradigm and to propose policy alternatives. Based on findings from discourse analysis of “obesity”-related1 policy documents, public health policy solutions to the weight-centered health paradigm are proposed and analyzed, drawing from ten key informant interviews with stakeholders working within the policy, academic, and medical contexts.
KW - Health at every size
KW - Public health
KW - Public policy
KW - Weight-centered health paradigm
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880381972&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/6500/
U2 - 10.1080/21604851.2012.627792
DO - 10.1080/21604851.2012.627792
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880381972
VL - 1
SP - 97
EP - 113
JO - Urban Studies
JF - Urban Studies
SN - 0042-0980
IS - 1
ER -