title: Policy and healthy weight.
abstract: "Policy" is a definite course of action adopted for reasons of expedience, prudence, or common sense. This presentation reviews policy issues related to healthy weights for which there is already a consensus and other evidence which might be useful for formulating practical public health recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Frances Stem Nutrition Center, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dwyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology