From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-371686-524116
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- People can't lose weight alone and a broad range
of local, state and federal levels can help people adopt healthy
behavior, U.S. researchers said.
A comprehensive, population-based strategy is needed to reduce the
alarming prevalence of U.S. obesity said the Population-Based
Prevention of Obesity, a new American Heart Association scientific
statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart
Association.
It recommends an approach that would complement individually oriented
strategies, including clinic-based prevention and treatment programs
to lose weight.
"Almost all of our current eating or activity patterns are those that
promote weight gain -- using the least possible amount of energy or
maximizing quantity rather than quality in terms of food," said
Shiriki Kumanyika, chair of the working group that wrote the
statement.
"People haven't just made the decision to eat more and move less; the
social structure has played into people's tendencies to go for
convenience foods and labor-saving devices."
Preventing weight gain should be easier, socially acceptable and more
rewarding for the average person, Kumanyika said.