Obesity not just a matter of willpower - UPI

Being overweight has long been considered an individual problem but a researcher in Canada said it has more to do with culture and the environment.

Sara Kirk of Dalhousie's School of Health Services Administration, in Nova Scotia, said daily life has changed so dramatically in the past 50 years that most people have little opportunity for built-in activity.

"In my research I'm trying to understand what it's like for the person who has a problem to go to a doctor and then be told it's your own fault -- just eat less and do more activity -- because that's how we treat obesity," Kirk said in a statement. "But we must also recognize that there are other things at the core, our policies need to change."...