Obesity policy in Portugal: epidemiology, sociology and the limits of prevention
Obesity prevention has become a prominent public health priority in Portugal, yet
policy responses continue to engage unevenly with the social conditions through
which obesity is produced and distributed. This paper examines Portuguese obesity
policy through an integrated sociological and epidemiological perspective, arguing
that its limitations are fundamentally sociopolitical rather than technical. Drawing
on sociological theories of embodiment, class, gender, stigma, and power, it conceptu...
