Summary Of Childhood Obesity By Schwartz And Brownell

In this scholarly journal, Schwartz and Brownell discuss factors that must be considered if board-scale public health action to curb childhood obesity is to take place. The authors discuss that one’s environment is the key factor of body weight and that one needs public support for environmental and structural changes.
Marlene Schwartz and Kelly Brownell both have Ph.D.’s. Schwartz is the Director of Research and School Programs at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University and Brownell is a Professor of Psychology, a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and the Director of the Rudd Center.
This academic journal gives examples of how people can change and prevent childhood obesity. I will use this journal to help