Evidence of a possible link between
obesogenic food advertising and child overweight.
They also seem to be genetically programmed to ensure that they survive the next famine more than others, so when given the opportunity they become more «addicted» to these energy - dense
obesogenic foods.
Not exact matches
Attempts to restructure our «
obesogenic»
food environment for health are often criticized - as restricting personal choice and freedom.
Yet, despite consistent compliance, self - regulation has been ineffective in shifting the landscape of
food marketing to children away from an overwhelming emphasis on
obesogenic products.»
Experts argue that education will not suffice without changing the contemporary «
obesogenic» environment in which adolescents have countless sources of high - caloric - density, low - nutrient - density
foods and beverages.
Obesity is a growing issue in many countries, accelerated by easy access to calorie - dense
foods that are pleasurable to eat (known as an «
obesogenic environment»).
We now find ourselves in what some term an «
obesogenic» environment filled with cheap, easily accessible high - calorie
foods served in large portions.
In this
obesogenic environment, high - calorie
food is everywhere, easy to access, and when it isn't, you can be sure there's an advert reminding you.
And I bet obesity researchers who typically work with rodents would believe it, too, since peanut butter is often used in these studies as a high - reward,
obesogenic comfort
food that rats and mice will readily and consistently overeat.
So I would phrase the goal of an anti-obesity diet as achieving satisfaction of the
food reward system, rather than as reducing
food reward; and would say that wheat, sugar, and seed oils are
obesogenic because they fail to provide genuine
food reward, and thus compel the acquisition of additional calories.
However, when exposed to the modern
obesogenic environment of readily accessible
food, weight gain occurs because
food intake is more than necessary to offset the energy cost of sleep loss.
They're still eliminating the problematic
foods that are the most
obesogenic.
The iOTA library (Textbox 1) contains 12
obesogenic behaviors framed as goals to create a caloric deficit for weight loss (eg, no sugary drinks, walking 7000 steps per day, no fast
food) that were selected based on their (1) empirical support, (2) population relevance, (3) ease of self - monitoring, and (4) concreteness.
There is growing agreement among experts that an
obesogenic environment, which encourage excess
food intake and idealizes thinness, plays a crucial role in the epidemic of childhood obesity and eating disorders.