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policy to prevent obesity  

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  • Policies designed to prevent obesity are based in a public health prevention model of disease prevention. Unlike public policies aimed at treating obesity (i.e., by reducing body mass index [BMI]), obesity prevention policies seek to stop people from becoming obese in the first place and to prevent people who are already overweight or obese from gaining more weight. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Policy to Prevent Obesity]

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