title: Obesity: chasing an elusive epidemic.
abstract: Obesity in America is so widespread and such a product of our culture that combating it is nearly impossible. We need to change almost everything about the way we live, more or less simultaneously. In order to succeed, an edgier strategy is needed.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D015984:Causality; D005515:Food Labeling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033161:Government Regulation; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D012931:Social Environment; D057545:Social Stigma; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence