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Shrinking budgets and expanding bodies: Battling obesity when the economic belt is tight
Journal of Community Practice, Vol.23, pp.477-491
23
2015
Web of Science ID: WOS:000211462500010
Abstract
Although Americans reduced spending on food during the Great Recession, the prevalence of overweight and obesity continued to increase. This article uses socioeconomic life course models to organize the issues surrounding obesity, striving to illustrate how community, social, and intergenerational factors, compounded over the course of a lifetime, increase risk, particularly among poor, minority, and otherwise under resourced communities. Conceptualizing obesity within life course models informs policy recommendations, practice, and guides future research. Social workers are called to respond with collaborative approaches to create accessible and affordable community food environments where the default option is the healthy, preferred choice.
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- Title
- Shrinking budgets and expanding bodies
- Publication Details
- Journal of Community Practice, Vol.23, pp.477-491
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Haworth Press; Binghamton, NY
- Series
- 23
- Copyright
- © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
- Identifiers
- WOS:000211462500010; 99380090337206600
- Academic Unit
- Usha Kundu, MD College of Health; Former Faculty
- Language
- English