Doctors warned to stop telling obese patients ‘eat less, move more’ is their treatment
People in developed countries will no longer have severe or complex obesity in the future because of medical advances – but telling people to eat less and move more is not a treatment, a leading expert said yesterday.
She chose to ignore the actual steps prescribed in her ink folks:
"Obesity is a societal rather than an individual responsibility, with the solutions to be found through the creation of supportive environments and communities that embed healthy diets and regular physical activity as the most accessible, available and affordable behaviours of daily life.
Stopping the rise in obesity demands multisectoral actions such as food manufacturing, marketing and pricing and others that seek to address the wider determinants of health (such as poverty reduction and urban planning).
Such policies and actions include:
The food industry can play a significant role in promoting healthy diets by: