What's law got to do with it? Part 1: A framework for obesity prevention
Open Access
- 5 June 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
- Vol. 5 (1) , 10
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8462-5-10
Abstract
This article provides a conceptual framework for thinking about the role of law in responding to population weight gain in Australia. Part 1 focuses on two core questions. Firstly, in pursuing the aim of weight reduction at the population level, what should law be trying to influence? The challenge here is to identify a model of the determinants of obesity that is adequate for legal purposes and that illustrates the entry points where law could best be used as an instrument of public health policy. Secondly, what kinds of strategies and tools can law offer to obesity prevention? The challenge here is to identify a model of law that captures the variety of contributions law is capable of making, at different levels of government, and across different legal systems.Keywords
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