Proceedings of the National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control

Editors' preface / Donald E. Benken, Meredith A. Reynolds, and Alicia S. Hunter -- Foreword: Legal preparedness for obesity prevention and control / George A. Mensah -- -- I. Introduction -- Legal preparedness for obesity prevention and control: the public health framework for action / William Dietz and Alicia S. Hunter -- Legal preparedness for obesity prevention and control: a framework for action / Judith A. Monroe, Janet L. Collins, Pamela S. Maier, Thomas Merrill, Georges C. Benjamin, and Anthony D. Moulton -- -- II. Public Health Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control: Status of Core Elements -- Legal preparedness for obesity prevention and control: the structural framework and the role of government / Demetrios L. Kouzoukas -- Assessing laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control / Lawrence O. Gostin, Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Peter D. Jacobson, and Richard Gottfried -- Assessing competencies for obesity prevention and control / Wendy Collins Perdue, Alice Ammerman, and Sheila Fleischhacker -- Assessing coordination of legal-based efforts across jurisdictions and sectors for obesity prevention and control / Marice Ashe, Gary Bennett, Christina Economos, Elizabeth Goodman, Joseph Schilling, Lisa Quintiliani, Sara Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Vincent, and Aviva Must -- Assessing information on public health law best practices for obesity prevention and control / Peter D. Jacobson, Susan C. Kim, and Susan R. Tortolero -- -- III. Options for Improving Public Health Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control -- Improving laws and legal authorities for obesity prevention and control / Jennifer L. Pomeranz and Lawrence O. Gostin -- Improving legal competencies for obesity prevention and control / Sheila Fleishhacker, Alice Ammerman, Wendy Collins Perdue, Joan Miles, Sarah Roller, Lynn Silver, Lisa Soronen, and the Honorable Leticia Van de Putte -- Improving coordination of legal-based efforts across jurisdictions and sectors for obesity prevention and control / Aviva Must, Gary Bennett, Christina Economos, Elizabeth Goodman, Joseph Schilling, Lisa Quintiliani, Sara Rosenbaum, Jeffrey Vincent, and Marice Ashe -- Improving information on public health law best practices for obesity prevention and control / Susan R. Tortolero, Karyn Popham, and Peter D. Jacobson -- Legal actions options table -- Obesity prevention and control legal bibliography -- Appendixguest edited by Donald E. Benken, Meredith A. Reynolds, and Alicia S. Hunter."Summer 2009."Papers from the National Summit on Legal Preparedness for Obesity Prevention and Control held June 18-20, 200 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Title from "cover" (viewed on March 4, 2009).Mode of access: Internet (Acrobat .pdf file: 5.02 MB, 152 p.).System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader