Are agricultural policies making us fat? Likely links between agricultural policies and human nutrition and obesity, and their policy implications
Are agricultural policies making us fat? Likely links between agricultural policies and human nutrition and obesity, and their policy implications
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10.1111/j.1467-9353.2006.00292.x
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2006-09-01
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Vosti, Stephen A.
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Alston, Julian M.;Sumner, Daniel A.;Vosti, Stephen A.
肥胖在美国迅速增加（见图1），相关的健康问题是美国政府的优先问题。肥胖是昂贵的。与肥胖相关的医疗保健费用飙升（例如，Flegal等人）。而肥胖也可能对工人的生产力产生很大的负面影响。儿童肥胖率高且不断上升，这一点尤其令人关注（Ogden等人）。美国政府有一个明确的目标是减少肥胖。一种选择是实施公共教育计划，有证据表明这些计划可能会产生一些效果（例如Nayga）。其他选择包括监管或财政手段，努力阻止”不健康”的消费选择，鼓励”健康”的消费选择（Drewnowski，Darmon和Briend; Fields）。例如，有人猜测禁止某些类型的广告，并对高脂肪或高糖含量的食品征税（Jacobson和Brownell）。
Obesity has increased rapidly in the United States (see figure 1) and the related health concerns are priority issues for the US government. Obesity is expensive. Health-care costs associated with obesity have soared (eg, Flegal et al.) and obseity may also have large negative implications for worker productivity. The high and rising rate of obesity among children is of particular concern (Ogden et al.).The US government has a stated objective of reducing obesity. One option is to implement public education programs, and there is some evidence that these may have some effect (eg, Nayga). Other options include regulatory or fiscal instruments that work to discourage" unhealthy" consumption choices and encourage" healthy" ones (Drewnowski, Darmon, and Briend; Fields). For instance, there is speculation about banning certain types of advertising and taxing foods with high fat or high sugar content (Jacobson and Brownell).