What is it about?
We explore whether individual political and social identity influences our beliefs about what causes obesity and whether those causal beliefs subsequently related influence policy preferences.
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Why is it important?
Our attributions for obesity are shaped by out political and social identities, which politicizes the issue. In addition, those attributions influence our policy preferences, which makes it difficult to find consensus on initiatives to reduce obesity in society.
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When we can't agree on causes of problems it makes pursuing solutions very difficult
Donald Haider-Markel
University of Kansas
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This page is a summary of: “Nanny State” Politics: Causal Attributions About Obesity and Support for Regulation, American Politics Research, February 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1532673x17691493.
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