Innovative Legal Approaches to Address Obesity
Authors:
Jennifer Pomeranz, Stephen Sugarman, Stephen Teret
Tags:
addiction, food, law, litigation, marketing, obesity, preemption, regulation
Journal:
The Milbank Quarterly
Year Published:
2009
Policy Summary
Connecting public health nutrition to current legal advances, the authors identify relevant policy initiaitives including: marketing regulating speech and conduct, regulating addictions, and innovative legal approaches including “nuisance law” and performance based regulation.
