What do you see as the most important individual or social factors that cause overeating?  

• Based on both the Module Notes, the assigned reading, and video, to what extent do you perceive obesity to be a personal problem or a social problem?  Why?   • What do you see as the most important individual or social factors that cause overeating?   • From your perspective, what do you see as the greatest impact obesity has on society as a social problem?  Please reference the attached guides: • Module Notes: The Social Problems Framework (Links to an external site.) • Burke, M. A., & Heiland, F. W. (2018). Evolving societal norms of obesity: What is the appropriate response? (Links to an external site.) JAMA, 319(3), 221–222. • Hofmann, B. (2016). Obesity as a socially defined disease: Philosophical considerations and implications for policy and care. (Links to an external site.) Health Care Analysis, 24(1), 86–100. • Cohen, D. A. (2014).  It’s not your fault. In, A big fat crisis: The hidden forces behind the obesity epidemic – and how we can end it [PDF file size 17KB]. New York: Nation Books, (pp.13-18).