Innovative legal approaches to address obesity

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-213

  Pomeranz, Jennifer L ^a   Teret, Stephen P ^a   Sugarman, Stephen D ^a   Rutkow, Lainie ^a   Brownell, Kelly D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Food; Law; Litigation; Marketing; Obesity; Preemption; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKETING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR;

FOOD HABITS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849168095     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2009.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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