State and municipal innovations in obesity policy: Why localities remain a necessary laboratory for innovation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 442-450

  Reeve, Belinda ^a   Ashe, Marice ^c   Farias, Ruben ^c   Gostin, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^c ChangeLab Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARKETING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRENDS;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MARKETING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLITICS; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84922701628     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302337     Document Type: Article

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