Obesity has become the popular term for a set of problems that result in premature death and injury from diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. It is a convenient term, but we should stop using it. This framing brief explains why.
Las comunidades que se enfrentan a la obesidad se sienten frustradas por practicas de mercadotecnia que promueven alimentos y bebidas insalubres como opciones atractivas, disponibles, y asequibles. Pero partidarios de estas comunidades pueden luchar con éxito contra estas practicas. Esta conjunto de herramientas contiene ejemplos y historias que estas comunidades pueden utilizar para reducir la mercadotecnia y promoción desagradables. Tambien disponible en Inglés.
Communities confronting obesity are frustrated by the corporate marketing practices that make unhealthy foods and beverages attractive, easily available and readily affordable. But local advocates are not powerless to do something about this issue. This toolkit provides examples and stories of what local communities can do to limit the reach of unwanted marketing and promotion. Also available in Spanish.
Food and beverage corporations’ marketing practices go far beyond TV advertising. This video illustrates the extent of the problem and what local groups can do about it. Contact us for a DVD version. Also available in Spanish.
La mercadotecnia de las industrias de alimentos y bebidas insalubres no se cumple con los anuncios de televisión. Este video demuestra el alcance del problema, y presenta soluciones para partidarios de comunidades. Póngase en contacto con BMSG para obtener un DVD. Tambien disponible en Inglés.
The early childhood development (ECD) field has been energized by a chorus of new voices from outside its ranks: economists. Their arguments reinforce what those in the ECD field have known for some time: that benefits from quality ECD programs accrue not only to individual children and families, but also to society as a whole. But explaining that to those outside the field has not been easy. This paper aims to make that job easier.
Framing battles in public health illustrate the tension in our society between individual freedom and collective responsibility. This article describes how two frames, market justice and social justice, first articulated in a public health context by Dan Beauchamp, influence public dialogue on the health consequences of corporate practices. It also offers lessons for health education practitioners who need to frame public health issues in contentious and controversial policy contexts.
Public health advocates in tobacco, alcohol, firearms, and traffic safety struggled for years before understanding that individual approaches alone won’t suffice and that environmental (or policy) approaches to prevention had to be part of the mix. This report looks at how public health got to the point of pushing policy in other arenas so that public health funders, researchers, and practitioners might adapt and apply those lessons to preventing and reducing obesity.
Advocates working on issues as different as gay marriage and affordable housing can construct messages that serve their own immediate strategic needs and, at the same time, echo one another’s larger goals for social change. This memo explains why we think that’s possible and how to do it.
In 1999 a Venice High School student asked a simple question: Can the school sell 100% fruit juice in its vending machines? No, said the school — our soda contract forbids it. The ensuing battle led the Los Angeles School Board to ban the sale of soda on its campuses. In Issue 15, we dissect the debate in news coverage of the soda sales bans and find that by acknowledging the complexity of the obesity crises, supporters of the soda sales bans may be undermining their own arguments.
