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Current public health recommendations for larger changes have not been successful in preventing obesity.
Practitioners should consider advocating for smaller, more achievable lifestyle changes.
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current public health recommendations that endorse much larger changes have not been at all successful in stemming the increase in obesity among adults and children.
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The claim is based on observations of public health outcomes.
Source
Response to Comment on "Obesity and the Environment: Where Do We Go from Here?"
James O. Hill et al. · Science · 2003
DOI 10.1126/science.1086745
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