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Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 "The concept of population-level interventions to change contexts for individual behavior is well-known from the experience with tobacco regulations," Kumanyika said. "Changes in these areas can eventually become 'normal' and displace the current 'normal' ways of doing things. Right now, you have to be pretty single-minded to make some of these choices, such as walking or riding a bike instead of driving. We advocate changes that will move the social norm to where physical activity is the custom."
The statement was published in the current issue of Circulation.
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Last updated 6/30/2008
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SOURCE: American Heart Association, news release, June 30, 2008
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