Body size, body norms and some unintended consequences of obesity intervention in the Pacific islands.

CONCLUSIONS: Body norms and body size interventions exist in an iterative relationship. Our findings suggest that Pacific island obesity interventions do not fail because they conflict with local body norms; rather, they fail because they powerfully re-shape body norms in ways that confuse and counteract their intended purpose. Left unacknowledged, this appears to have (unintended) consequences for the success of anti-obesity interventions. PMID: 29877154 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Human Biology - Category: Biology Tags: Ann Hum Biol Source Type: research