Prevention of Obesity

A profit-oriented economization of lifestyles and living environments is the basis of our prosperity, but it also influences health risks and the occurrence of diseases. Overnutrition, low physical activity, and inactivity characterize “unhealthy” lifestyles, which are promoted by a diverse range of energy-dense and processed foods, their constant availability and low prices, as well as automation in everyday life and work, digital technologies, motorized individual transport as a common form of mobility, the walkability and structures of residential areas and cities in the context of cultural, economic, political, and social factors. The population-wide occurrence of obesity, the so-called “obesity epidemic,” results from these interrelationships.