State and Municipal Innovations in Obesity Policy

Why Localities Remain a Necessary Laboratory for Innovation

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11023908
AutoresBelinda Reeve (0000-0002-0376-5717, Belinda Reeve is with the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Lawrence Gostin is with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Marice Ashe and Ruben Farias are with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA.), Marice Ashe (Belinda Reeve is with the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Lawrence Gostin is with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Marice Ashe and Ruben Farias are with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA.), Ruben Farias (Belinda Reeve is with the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Lawrence Gostin is with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Marice Ashe and Ruben Farias are with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA.), Lawrence O Gostin (0000-0001-5286-4044, Georgetown University), Lawrence Gostin (Belinda Reeve is with the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Lawrence Gostin is with the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. Marice Ashe and Ruben Farias are with ChangeLab Solutions, Oakland, CA.)
Año2015
Volumen105
Número3
Páginas442-450
Fecha de publicación2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302337
PMID25602886
OpenAlexW2144498546
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas31

Municipal and state governments are surging ahead in obesity prevention, providing a testing ground for innovative policies and shifting social norms in the process. Though high-profile measures such as New York City’s soda portion rule attract significant media attention, we catalog the broader array of initiatives in less-known localities. Local innovation advances prevention policy, but faces legal and political constraints—constitutional challenges, preemption, charges of paternalism, lack of evidence, and widening health inequalities. These arguments can be met with astute framing, empirical evidence, and policy design, enabling local governments to remain at the forefront in transforming obesogenic environments

Business · Economics · Environmental health · Framing (construction) · Geography · Paternalism · Political science · Politics · Preemption · Public economics · Public health · Public policy · State (computer science) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Law · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Public Administration