Adherence
The modern food environment, characterized by cheap, highly processed, and palatable foods, promotes overconsumption and makes it difficult to reduce calorie intake below requirements, contributing to the obesity epidemic.
To manage weight in the current environment, rely less on willpower alone and more on structural changes: choose less processed foods when possible, be aware of portion sizes, and understand that the ease of overconsumption is a designed feature of the modern food supply, not just a personal failing.
One of the biggest challenges over the last 50 years is that the food environment has changed dramatically, meaning that many of the calories consumed within the Western diet are highly refined and processed, which promotes overconsumption... We know from existing appetite research that it is easy to overconsume calories but difficult to reduce calorie intake below requirements
Why this rating
Based on a consensus workshop of experts citing multiple studies (Hall et al., 2019) and established appetite research principles.
Source
MRC Hot Topic workshop report: Reshaping the food environment – applying interdisciplinary perspectives in appetite research
Alexandra M. Johnstone et al. · Nutrition Bulletin · 2021
DOI 10.1111/nbu.12493
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