March 2009 (Volume 87)

In This Issue

Bradford H. Gray

Featured Article

Obesity Metaphors: How Beliefs About the Causes of Obesity Affect Support for Public Policy

Colleen L. Barry, Victoria L. Brescoll, Kelly D. Brownell, Mark Schlesinger

Reducing Obesity: Motivating Action While Not Blaming the Victim

Nancy E. Adler, Judith Stewart

Schools and Obesity Prevention: Creating School Environments and Policies to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Mary Story, Marilyn S. Nanney, Marlene B. Schwartz

Addressing Obesity in the Workplace: The Role of Employers

LuAnn Heinen, Helen Darling

Physical Activity and Food Environments: Solutions to the Obesity Epidemic

James F. Sallis, Karen Glanz

A Cross-Sectional Prevalence Study of Ethnically Targeted and General Audience Outdoor Obesity-Related Advertising

Antronette K. Yancey, Brian L. Cole, Rochelle Brown, Jerome D. Williams, Amy Hillier, Randolph S. Kline, Marice Ashe, Sonya A. Grier, Desiree Backman, William J. McCarthy

Innovative Legal Approaches to Address Obesity

Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Stephen P. Teret, Stephen D. Sugarman, Lainie Rutkow, Kelly D. Brownell

Public Health Law and the Prevention and Control of Obesity

William H. Dietz, Donald E. Benken, Alicia S. Hunter

Food Prices and Obesity: Evidence and Policy Implications for Taxes and Subsidies

Lisa M. Powell, Frank J. Chaloupka

The Perils of Ignoring History: Big Tobacco Played Dirty and Millions Died. How Similar is Big Food?

Kelly D. Brownell, Kenneth E. Warner

The Politics of Obesity: A Current Assessment and Look Ahead

Rogan Kersh