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Public beliefs about the causes of obesity and attitudes towards policy initiatives in Great Britain.

Public health nutrition - 1 Dec 2013

Beeken Rebecca J, Wardle Jane

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OBJECTIVE: To assess attributions for overweight and the level of support for policy initiatives in Great Britain. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. Respondents indicated their agreement (5-point scales: strongly disagree to strongly agree) to three potential causes of overweight (environment, genes, willpower) and five policies (free weight-loss treatment, taxing unhealthy foods, healthy lifestyle campaigns, food...

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PMID: 23866723
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001821
PMCID: PMC10271821

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