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Environmental conditions can override individual regulatory systems, undermining personal responsibility.
Policies should consider environmental factors to effectively address obesity.
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These environmental conditions can override individual physical and psychological regulatory systems that might otherwise stand in the way of weight gain and obesity, hence undermining personal responsibility.
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Personal Responsibility And Obesity: A Constructive Approach To A Controversial Issue
Kelly D. Brownell et al. · Health Affairs · 2010
DOI 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0739
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