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

Beeken, Rebecca J; Wardle, Jane

doi:10.1017/s1368980013001821

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“…A 2012 omnibus survey in the UK also found less support for taxation-based policies (32%), and more support for food labelling (66%) and advertising restrictions (57%). 17 Similarly, an Australia-wide study in 2010 found higher levels of support for a 'trafficlight' style of labelling (87%) and restrictions on advertising unhealthy food to children on television (83%) than taxing unhealthy foods and using the money for health programs (62%). 9 That study reported stronger support for increasing the price of unhealthy foods to reduce the cost of healthy foods (71%) than our study, although a direct comparison cannot be made because more contextual information was provided leading up to each question in the 2010 study (e.g.…”

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Support for food policy initiatives is associated with knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors

Watson¹,

Weber²,

Hughes³

et al. 2017

Public Health Res Pract

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Objectives: To investigate community support for government-led policy initiatives to positively influence the food environment, and to identify whether there is a relationship between support for food policy initiatives and awareness of the link between obesity-related lifestyle risk factors and cancer.Methods: An online survey of knowledge of cancer risk factors and attitudes to policy initiatives that influence the food environment was completed by 2474 adults from New South Wales, Australia. The proportion of participants in support of seven food policy initiatives was quantified in relation to awareness of the link between obesity, poor diet, insufficient fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity with cancer and other health conditions.Results: Overall, policies that involved taxing unhealthy foods received the least support (41.5%). Support was highest for introducing a colour-coded food labelling system (85.9%), restricting claims being made about the health benefits of foods which are, overall, unhealthy (82.6%), displaying health warning labels on unhealthy foods (78.7%) and banning unhealthy food advertising that targets children (72.6%). Participants who were aware that obesity-related lifestyle factors are related to cancer were significantly more likely to support food policy initiatives than those who were unaware. Only 17.5% of participants were aware that obesity, poor diet, insufficient fruit and vegetable consumption, and physical inactivity are linked to cancer. Conclusions:There is strong support for all policies related to food labelling and a policy banning unhealthy food advertising to children. Support for food policy initiatives that positively influence the food environment was higher among those who were aware of the link between cancer and obesity-related lifestyle factors than among those who were unaware of this link. Increasing awareness of the link between obesity-related lifestyle factors and cancer could increase community support for food policy initiatives, which, in turn, support the population to maintain a healthy weight. Key points Support for food policy initiatives is• We describe the results of an online survey of knowledge of cancer risk factors and attitudes to policy initiatives that influence the food environment • There was strong support for policies to improve food labelling (>78% of participants agreed or strongly agreed) and restrict advertising of unhealthy food to children (72%) • Awareness of the link between both overweight/obesity and lack of physical activity and cancer was low (40% and 24%, respectively) • Those who were aware of the link between cancer and obesity-related lifestyle factors were more likely to support food policy initiatives that positively influence the food environment

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Support for food policy initiatives is associated with knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors

Watson¹,

Weber²,

Hughes³

et al. 2017

Public Health Res Pract

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“…32, nº 2 (mayo) have suggested that emphasising the role of the food environment in causing obesity may promote health behaviours without imposing the negative consequences associated with the beliefs about obesity is under personal control (Pearl & Lebowitz, 2014). For example, it has been found that only the belief that obesity is caused by external causes was associated with support for government policies to prevent and treat overweight which gives an idea about how obese people are blamed by Society about their condition (Beeken & Wardle, 2013). Finally, in a more individual level, it is also important to remark that it has been suggested that to assess individuals' beliefs about the causes of obesity when following a diet is a very important issue (Barberia, Attree, & Todd, 2008).…”

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Beliefs about obesity and their relationship with dietary restraint and body image perception

Magallares

Carbonero-Carreño²,

Ruiz-Prieto³

et al. 2016

AN PSICOL-SPAIN

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Título: Creencias sobre las causas de la obesidad y su relación con la restricción alimentaria y la percepción de la imagen corporal. Resumen: La literatura revisada pone de manifiesto que las creencias sobre las causas de la obesidad tienen una influencia sobre el comportamiento alimentario. En este trabajo queríamos analizar la relación que puede existir entre creencias sobre la obesidad, la restricción alimentaria y la percepción de la imagen corporal. Con ese objetivo, 258 estudiantes, tanto hombres como mujeres, de un Instituto y centro de Formación Profesional de Sevilla (España) fueron reclutados para hacer el estudio. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos, se ha encontrado que las creencias sobre la obesidad estaban positivamente relacionadas con la restricción alimentaria y la percepción de la imagen corporal. Adicionalmente, se halló que la gente alta en creencias sobre la obesidad puntuaba más en restricción alimentaria y percepción de la imagen corporal que aquellos participantes que no creían que la obesidad estuviera bajo control personal. No se encontraron diferencias para el Índice de Masa Corporal. Finalmente se sugiere, en función de los resultados obtenidos, que para incrementar la efectividad de las campañas de salud sería necesario intervenir no solo sobre los comportamientos sino también sobre las creencias. Palabras clave: creencias sobre las causas de la obesidad; restricción alimentaria; percepción de la imagen corporal; Índice de Masa Corporal. Abstract:The reviewed literature provides evidence that beliefs about the causes of obesity may actually have an influence on eating habits. In this work we wanted to analyze the relationship that may exists between beliefs about obesity, dietary restraint and body image perception. For that purpose, 258 female and male students of a High School and Occupational Training School in Seville (Spain) were recruited to conduct the study. According to our results, it was found that beliefs about obesity were positively related with dietary restraint and body image perception. Additionally, it was found that people high in beliefs about the controllability of the weight scored more in dietary restraint and body image perception than participants that did not believe that obesity was under personal control. No differences were found in Body Mass Index. Finally, it is suggested, according to the results that we found, that in order to be effective, public health campaigns may need to target people's beliefs just as much as they target their behaviours.

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“…Psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety, to feel not to have any energy and stress diminish the quality of life. In addition to the unpleasant situations obese persons suffer from various social negative attitudes (Beeken and Wardle, 2013;Poon and Tarrant, 2009;Schwartz and Puhl, 2003;Uluöz E., 2016a;Yılmaz C.Y., 2009). Several researches show that participation in a physical activity can help solving some of these problems (Bauman, 2004;Daley et al, 2007;Penedo and Dahn, 2005;WHO, 2000) In principle, the human body is designed to be in movement.…”

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An Investigation of the Factors Hindering Adults’ Participation in Physical Activity

Dinç¹

2017

JETS

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This study focuses on the non-participation of adults in physical activity and the reasons that have been preventing them to participate. The study is carried out with 283 participants (116 men and 167 women) who live in Adana, Turkey. Their ages range from 18-66. The average age of the adult participants is 31.81 ±10.12. The demographical features, their conditions to be able to participate in physical activity and the conditions that restrain them from participation have been determined by the 35 question through a questionnaire prepared by the researcher. In analyzing the information the x² test has been used. According to the results of the analysis it is found out that 59.5% of the man and 53.7% of the woman who have participated in the study are involved in physical activities.. In the study it has been observed that participation in physical activity increases in direct proportion to better education and higher income. The marital status has also affected the participation. The participants have brought to the fore the most important reasons for not participating in physical activities as, not finding friends, that the places where physical activity is performed is crowded, not having enough time, not being supported by the family or not having enough information in their answers. As a result, participation in physical activity is made up by factors related to each other and at the same time independent of them.

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

Cited by 68 publications

References 26 publications

Support for food policy initiatives is associated with knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors

Support for food policy initiatives is associated with knowledge of obesity-related cancer risk factors

Beliefs about obesity and their relationship with dietary restraint and body image perception

An Investigation of the Factors Hindering Adults’ Participation in Physical Activity

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