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Managing the pandemic of obesity: siding with the fox or the hedgehog?

Abstract
Obesity is a major public health problem of pandemic proportion. Despite its high prevalence and widespread distribution (consistent with a common underlying etiology), clinical psychologists and primary care physicians routinely approach the problem with individualized but often ineffective treatments like psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, or propose alterations to specific components of the 'toxic environment', cultural influences, and psychosocial factors purported to cause overeating. This paper presents an alternative perspective and proposes a potential framework for assisting health professionals in developing rational approaches to education about and preventive treatment of obesity based on the role of factors in early life that contribute to personality and behavior and which over time lead to obesity and its maintenance.
AuthorsMichael Myslobodsky, Loring J Ingraham
JournalObesity facts (Obes Facts) Vol. 2 Issue 6 Pg. 384-92 ( 2009) ISSN: 1662-4025 [Print] Switzerland
PMID20090390 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Topics
  • Attitude to Health
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Dependency, Psychological
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Obesity (epidemiology, psychology, therapy)
  • Personality
  • Public Health
  • Sleep

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