The social disorganization of eating: a neglected determinant of the Australian epidemic of overweight/obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the last 150 years, advanced economies have seen the burden of disease shift to non-communicable diseases. The risk factors for these diseases are often co-morbidities associated with unhealthy weight. The prevalence of overweight/obesity among adults in the advanced countries of the English-speaking world is currently more than two-thirds of the adult population. However, while much attention has concentrated on changes in diet that might have provoked this rapid increase in unhealthy weight, changes in patterns of eating have received little attention.

Methods

This article examines a sequence of large-scale, time use surveys in urban Australia stretching from 1974 to 2006. The earliest survey in 1974 (conducted by the Cities Commission) was limited to respo

SUBMITTER: Bittman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546620 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature