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April 2009, Vol 99, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 590-592
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.156232

EDITORIALS

Why Education and Choice Won't Solve the Obesity Problem

Helen L. Walls, MPH, Anna Peeters, PhD, Bebe Loff, PhD, LLB and Bradley R. Crammond, LLM

All authors are with the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Helen L. Walls, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, VIC 3004, Australia (e-mail: Helen.walls@med.monash.edu.au).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

The published industry commitments of the Australian Food and Grocery Council1 state that members will:

  • Expand the range of nutritious foods they produce
  • Seek regulatory approval of health claims to encourage more companies to develop nutritious foods and deliver health messages into every home
  • Promote information on nutrition and health to our consumers with our communication tools, such as nutrition information labels, in-store information, customer care lines, and Web sites
  • Work with retailers, suppliers, advertising agencies, and the media to encourage broader promotion of nutrition and health information
  • Encourage government to develop public education campaigns that raise awareness of the . . . [Full Text]






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