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J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (2): 227–276.
Published: 01 April 2010
...Michelle M. Mello Growing awareness of the role that food and beverage advertising plays in the epidemic of childhood obesity has prompted calls for stricter oversight of advertising practices. The food and beverage industries have taken voluntary steps in this direction, but many commentators have...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2016) 41 (3): 453–461.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Malana Essington; Attila J. Hertelendy Abstract Obesity affects America's children both in childhood and into their adult years. Unfortunately, a long history of public policy has done little to effectively reduce obesity among children. Federal programs including the National School Lunch Program...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2015) 40 (1): 73–99.
Published: 01 February 2015
... atingirá 2.6 mil escolas no RN ” [Action against childhood obesity will reach twenty-six thousand schools in Rio Grande do Norte]. January 24 . Duarte Elizangela de Assis , and Barbosa Lára de Melo . 2006 . “ Um retrato dos serviçcos de saúde no Rio Grande do Norte ” [A portrait...
View articletitled, Responding to <span class="search-highlight">Obesity</span> in Brazil: Understanding the International and Domestic Politics of Policy Reform Through a Nested Analytic Approach to Comparative Analysis
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Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2007) 32 (1): 139–142.
Published: 01 February 2007
... helpful. But
some individuals may face genuine health threats directly from obesity. It
is prudent to caution against crash diets and risky surgeries, but discount-
ing weight entirely would be unwise.
The relatively minimal attention Oliver devotes to childhood obesity is
a sign that he has...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2007) 32 (1): 142–146.
Published: 01 February 2007
... devotes to childhood obesity is
a sign that he has overstated his case. The first mention of children’s health
does not occur until page 147 (of 189 pages of prose). He states that “the
biggest concern with obesity in America is with regard to our children”
(161), noting that estimates...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2007) 32 (1): 131–138.
Published: 01 February 2007
... devotes to childhood obesity is
a sign that he has overstated his case. The first mention of children’s health
does not occur until page 147 (of 189 pages of prose). He states that “the
biggest concern with obesity in America is with regard to our children”
(161), noting that estimates...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 803–838.
Published: 01 October 2005
... and Growth in Children . New York: D. Appleton. Erikson, M. 2005 . Lessons Learned from Public Health Efforts and Their Relevance to Preventing Childhood Obesity. In Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance ,ed. Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, and Vivica A. Kraak, 343 -375. Washington...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2009) 34 (6): 1035–1077.
Published: 01 December 2009
... . Injuries and Institutions: Tort Reform, Tort Theory, and Beyond. New York University Law Review 65 : 23 -77. Koplan, J. P., C. T. Liverman, V. I. Kraak, and S. L. Wisham, eds. 2007. Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? Washington, DC: National Academies Press...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2021) 46 (2): 235–276.
Published: 01 April 2021
..., is made more so by the need to peel back layers of obfuscation created by the actors involved. Since the late 1990s, when soda consumption was linked to childhood obesity and US sales of sugary drinks began to plummet (Jacobson 1998 ; Ludwig, Peterson, and Gortmaker 2001 ), the soda giants have been...
View articletitled, Inside ILSI: How Coca-Cola, Working through Its Scientific Nonprofit, Created a Global Science of Exercise for <span class="search-highlight">Obesity</span> and Got It Embedded in Chinese Policy (1995–2015)
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Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 955–964.
Published: 01 October 2005
... obesity in adults
as a major problem, and 74 percent said the same about childhood obesity.
The percentage of people who rated childhood obesity a serious problem
was 92 percent in the California Endowment poll and 95 percent in the
Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
Questionable Assumption 2...
View articletitled, The Chronicling of <span class="search-highlight">Obesity</span>: Growing Awareness of Its Social, Economic,and Political Contexts
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Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 33 (3): 617–638.
Published: 01 June 2008
... Foundation. Anderson, P., and K. Butcher. 2006 . Childhood Obesity: Trends and Potential Causes. Future of Children 16 (1): 19 -45. Boston Public Schools (BPS). 2006 . BPS at a Glance . boston.k12.ma.us/bps/bpsglance.asp (accessed August 31, 2006). Brink, L., and B. Yost. 2004...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 923–954.
Published: 01 October 2005
... -50. Erikson, R., M. MacKuen, and J. Stimson. 2001 . The Macro Polity . New York: Cambridge University Press. Field Research Corporation. 2003 . A Survey of Californians about the Problem of Childhood Obesity . Conducted for the California Endowment. October–November. www.calendow.org...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 33 (3): 595–615.
Published: 01 June 2008
... Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity through Increased Physical Activity. Pediatrics 117 : 1834 -1842. Davison, K. K., and C. T. Lawson. 2006 . Do Attributes in the Physical Environment Influence Children's Physical Activity? A Review of the Literature. International Journal...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2009) 34 (6): 859–861.
Published: 01 December 2009
... admits that the devil is in the details (those implementa-
tion issues arise again). But the general idea is to require tobacco com-
panies to reduce the number of smokers, food companies to reduce levels
of childhood obesity, gun companies to reduce the number of gun deaths,
and so...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2011) 36 (6): 1105–1108.
Published: 01 December 2011
... media influences on public opinion and policy. Her most recent
studies address media coverage of childhood obesity, diabetes, the HPV vaccine,
and public perceptions of health disparities. This work has been published in Health
Affairs, Social Science and Medicine, the American Journal of Public...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 839–868.
Published: 01 October 2005
... to pass
the House.14
Republican proposals and responsibility rhetoric keep the focus on indi-
13. The gap between agenda importance and substantive action is analyzed in Kingdon
1984.
14. Childhood Obesity Reduction Act (S. 1172; the failed House version was H.R. 716);
some public health...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (6): 1165–1168.
Published: 01 December 2006
... T. Yuan, Brenda Jones
Harden, and John Landsverk. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2005. 240 pp. $49.95
cloth; $24.95 paper.
Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts. Michele Goodwin. New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 304 pp. $30.00 cloth.
“Childhood Obesity.” Special...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2019) 44 (1): 87–111.
Published: 01 February 2019
... , and Gollust Sarah E. 2011 . “ News Media Framing of Childhood Obesity in the United States from 2000 to 2009 .” Pediatrics 128 , no. 1 : 132 – 45 . Barthel Michael . 2017 . “ Despite Subscription Surges for Largest U.S. Newspapers, Circulation and Revenue Fall for Industry Overall...
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Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (5): 869–923.
Published: 01 October 2005
.... In Weighty Issues:Fatness and Thinness as Social Problems , ed. Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer, 231 -249. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. Society for Nutrition Education. 2002 . Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight in Children . Indianapolis, IN: Society...
Journal Article
J Health Polit Policy Law (2007) 32 (4): 595–636.
Published: 01 August 2007
.... Bergmann, K. E., R. L. Bergmann, R. von Kries, O. Böhm, R. Richter, J. W. Dudenhausen, and U. Wahn. 2003 . Early Determinants of Childhood Overweight and Adiposity in a Birth Cohort Study: Role of Breast-Feeding. International Journal of Obesity 27 : 162 -172. Best, J. 2001 . Social Progress...
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