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

B. Reeve, M. Ashe, R. Farias and L. Gostin

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 442-450

Abstract: Municipal and state governments are surging ahead in obesity prevention, providing a testing ground for innovative policies and shifting social norms in the process.

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302337

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