A Call For Contributing Rather Than Competing Explanations

With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring obesity as the largest health threat facing humanity, the authors of a new paper by the Royal Society argue that there needs to be a focus on integrative approaches that examine how various contributors interact in obesity, rather than looking at them as competing explanations. This will also help researchers and policymakers understand how to move the field forward and which causes might be most relevant to tackling the rising obesity epidemic.