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Legal strategies in childhood obesity prevention : workshop summary
- Title
- Legal strategies in childhood obesity prevention : workshop summary / Lynn Parker, ... [et al.], repporteurs ; Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
- Author
- National Research Council (U.S.). Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2011.
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- Description
- x, 94 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "When public health campaigns to buckle up or quit smoking were unsuccessful, legal strategies -- such as fines for not wearing a seatbelt and restrictions on where smoking could occur -- were used to reduce the number of health issues, injuries, and deaths caused by these behaviors. Childhood obesity is another health concern that remains a substantial problem in the U.S. Could legal restrictions and regulations also help combat childhood obesity? IOM held a workshop October 21, 2010, to bring together stakeholders to discuss the current and future legal strategies aimed at combating childhood obesity."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Obesity in children > United States > Prevention
- Children > Nutrition > Law and legislation
- Child health services > United States > Evaluation
- Nutrition policy > United States > Evaluation
- Overweight children > United States
- Obesity > prevention & control
- Child Health Services
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Nutrition Policy
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).,.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available online.
- OCLC
- 747534632
- ocn747534632
- SCSB-5594055
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries