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Smart Disclosures in lieu of Regulations

“Smart disclosures” are meant to empower consumers to make smart purchasing decisions by providing them with information about products, such as food nutrition labels or automobile fuel economy labels....

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What Public Health Law Approaches Help Prevent Obesity?

This project considers children who are overweight, the most common health problem facing American childeren. States, and to a lesser extent, local governments,  have passed a variety of laws aimed at...

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What Sodium-Reduction Public Health Laws and Policies Work?

This study reviews what public health policy options are available to help reduce salt in the foods we eat as a means of reducing high blood pressure, its costs and health consequences; and studies...

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Shake the Salt Habit

A variety of laws and legislatively enabled regulations attempt to reduce sodium in the food supply, including lowering the amount of salt in foods served in schools and child care facilities or...

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Testing the Results of Municipal Mixed-Use Zoning Ordinances: A Novel...

Publication Date: Friday, May 3, 2013Zoning laws that mix residential units with commercial and public/civic destinations have the potential to increase walkability. The study finds that significant...

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Building mutually beneficial partnerships to improve physical activity...

Publication Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014This study evaluates 18 shared-use agreements (SUAs) implemented in Los Angeles County during 2010–2012 to identify the extent to which SUAs addressed school...

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Hot Topics in Public Health Law: Food Marketing, Antibiotic Regulation, and...

06/25/2014July 15, 2014, 1-2 p.m. ET. Register for this webinar.In October, the 2014 Public Health Law Conference will gather experts from across the country to examine and discuss some of today’s most...

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Government Purchasing to Improve Public Health

Increasing concern about obesity and other nutrition-related health problems spurred governments to develop more robust and targeted approaches to foster healthier diet at a population level....

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Access to and Use of Schools for Physical Activity Among Adults in Los...

Formal agreements that outline conditions for community use of school facilities represent a potentially attractive approach to increasing access to places for physical activity in underresourced...

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Eliminate Dishonesties in the FDA Food Label

Stricter requirements for labeling regulations could eliminate dishonesties in FDA food labeling, according to Adam Finkel, ScD, University of Pennsylvania. Finkel proposes four key ways the FDA could...

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Implementation of Anti-Bullying Legislation in Iowa Schools: A Qualitative...

In response to bullying, Iowa adopted an anti-bullying statute in 2007 requiring all school districts to adopt an anti-bullying policy. From 2013 to 2014, researchers conducted 47 semi-structured...

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A Public Health Law Analysis of Shared Use Agreements in Los Angeles County,...

Los Angeles County communities have implemented a variety of shared use arrangements to promote physical activity among residents who live near schools. However, little has been documented or is...

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Local Incentives to Improve Access to Healthy Foods

To combat the increasing number of communities with inadequate access to full-service grocery stores, states and counties have begun investing in small food retailers that the communities often heavily...

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What Public Health Law Approaches Help Prevent Obesity?

This project considers children who are overweight, the most common health problem facing American childeren. States, and to a lesser extent, local governments,  have passed a variety of laws aimed at...

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What Sodium-Reduction Public Health Laws and Policies Work?

This study reviews what public health policy options are available to help reduce salt in the foods we eat as a means of reducing high blood pressure, its costs and health consequences; and studies...

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Shake the Salt Habit

A variety of laws and legislatively enabled regulations attempt to reduce sodium in the food supply, including lowering the amount of salt in foods served in schools and child care facilities or...

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Testing the Results of Municipal Mixed-Use Zoning Ordinances: A Novel...

Municipal mixed-use zoning is one public health strategy to create more walkable neighborhoods by reducing the separation of daily activities. This study examined 168 mixed-use zoning ordinances across...

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Building mutually beneficial partnerships to improve physical activity...

This study evaluates 18 shared-use agreements (SUAs) implemented in Los Angeles County during 2010–2012 to identify the extent to which SUAs addressed school district concerns about cost...

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Hot Topics in Public Health Law: Food Marketing, Antibiotic Regulation, and...

Wednesday, June 25, 2014July 15, 2014, 1-2 p.m. ET. Register for this webinar.In October, the 2014 Public Health Law Conference will gather experts from across the country to examine and discuss some...

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Access to and Use of Schools for Physical Activity Among Adults in Los...

Formal agreements that outline conditions for community use of school facilities represent a potentially attractive approach to increasing access to places for physical activity in underresourced...

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