Emeritus Prof Christopher May

2026-05-06 05:16:37

Olivia Palmer argues 'obesity' is a word that gets in the way of public health policy:

'The real barriers [to good health] are a food system engineered for overconsumption, a built environment designed for sedentary living, a commercial ecosystem that profits from both the problem & the proposed solution, and a political economy that makes structural reform expensive and individual blame cheap'.

Rather 'obesity' policy still focusses on blaming individuals!

#health
oliviapalmerhealth.substack.co…

Obesity* prevention isn't failing. It's working exactly as intended

The uncomfortable truth about whose behaviour we are, and aren't, trying to change

^{Olivia Palmer}