Author, as appears in the article.: Rayner G, Gracia M, Young E, Mauleon JR, Luque E, Rivera-Ferre MG

Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social

URV's Author/s: Gracia Arnaiz, Maria Isabel

Keywords: Public-health Nutrition transition Knowledge Issue Health-promotion policy Epidemic Diet

Abstract: This paper draws together contributions to a scientific table discussion on obesity at the European Science Open Forum 2008 which took place in Barcelona, Spain. Socioeconomic dimensions of global obesity, including those factors promoting it, those surrounding the social perceptions of obesity and those related to integral public health solutions, are discussed. It argues that although scientific accounts of obesity point to large-scale changes in dietary and physical environments, media representations of obesity, which context public policy, pre-eminently follow individualistic models of explanation. While the debate at the forum brought together a diversity of views, all the contributors agreed that this was a global issue requiring an equally global response. Furthermore, an integrated ecological model of obesity proposes that to be effective, policy will need to address not only human health but also planetary health, and that therefore, public health and environmental policies coincide.

Thematic Areas: Sociologia i política Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Interdisciplinar Health policy General o multidisciplinar Educação física Economia Ciencias sociales

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1744-8603

Author's mail: mabel.gracia@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-6429-6395

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-8603-6-7

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Globalization And Health. 6 (7): 7-

APA: Rayner G, Gracia M, Young E, Mauleon JR, Luque E, Rivera-Ferre MG (2010). Why are we fat? Discussions on the socioeconomic dimensions and responses to obesity. Globalization And Health, 6(7), 7-. DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-7

Article's DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-7

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2010

Publication Type: Journal Publications