Short-term pressures and incentives undermine long term plans

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Tackling obesity in the UK
Barriers to change
Policy process struggles to address multi-factor, systemic problems
Short-term pressures and incentives undermine long term plans
Appoint an obesity champion or tsar
Definitive evidence is often difficult to obtain
Need to appreciate and incorporate multiple perspectives
Relational complexity of problems makes them hard to grasp as a whole
Desire for solutions undervalues real improvements
Hard to initiate, resource, and sustain cross-boundary action
Desire to prioritise options becomes a barrier to action
Government obesity efforts are too fragmented to be effective
Polarization and obfuscation are used as tactics in resisting change
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