A Legal Primer for the Obesity Prevention Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seth E Mermin (Seth E. Mermin is a consultant with Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland, CA, and is also with the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Samantha K. Graff is with Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland.), Samantha K Graff (Seth E. Mermin is a consultant with Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland, CA, and is also with the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Samantha K. Graff is with Public Health Law & Policy, Oakland.), Samantha Graff (Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health & Evaluation) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1799-1805 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2008.151183 |
| PMID | 19696384 |
| PMCID | PMC2741506 |
| OpenAlex | W2078549907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Public health advocates and scientists working on obesity prevention policy face challenges in balancing legal rights, individual freedom, and societal health goals. In particular, the US Constitution and the 50 state constitutions place limits on the ability of government to act, even in the best interests of the public. To help policymakers avoid crossing constitutional boundaries, we distilled the legal concepts most relevant to formulating policies aimed at preventing obesity: police power; allocation of power among federal, state, and local governments; freedom of speech; property rights; privacy; equal protection; and contract rights. The goal is to allow policymakers to avoid potential constitutional problems in the formation of obesity prevention policy
Business · Constitution · Constitutional right · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Law and economics · Political science · Power (physics) · Public health · Public policy · State (computer science) · Law · Medicine · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2015 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |