The unclear parts are the alleged causes of weight gain and the "need to re-orient our research."
There is no need for any research into either causes or "potential solutions."
The cause of and solution to overweight/obesity are known with 100% certainty.
Cause - more Calories in than out.
Solution - fewer Calories in than out. And you need a plan.
Still the rest of the press release is almost spot on.
"Most of the current obesity research is not proving helpful in finding solutions to the growing international epidemic, according to a Deakin University public health expert...Time to do it right, which is the way we have been saying it all along.
'For an individual person, we know the causes of weight gain over time include the obesogenic environment, genetic predisposition, and increasing age - none of which can be influenced by the health professional trying to help the person lose weight. At a population level, the commercial drivers which promote our overconsumption of food are unlikely to be reversed by the private sector because there is no commercial gain for the food industry to promote eating fewer calories...
'For overweight individuals, so long as they can stick to a set of dietary rules which results in a reduced calorie intake, it doesn't seem to matter what foods are included or excluded. This is why lots of different types of diets which are unrelated to the dietary causes of weight gain can produce weight loss.
'...Education, guidelines, industry self-regulation, and government ads on TV are unlikely to have much influence and stronger policies will be needed.'"
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