Addressing the Obesity Epidemic: Challenges & Solutions

Whos Afraid of the Nanny State? Rogan KershWake Forest University, USAApril 2014

Of Nannies and Nudges: Current State of Obesity PolicymakingPlan of PresentationNanny State: pejorative frameExtended case study: Obesity politics/policyState responsesRetreat: Laissez-faireSubmerge: Invisible policiesDivert: Libertarian-paternalist nudgesAdvance: Use states coercive powersReframe: Emphasize nanny positivesObesity: Policy Issue?1998Slow-Motion Epidemic20101990No Data