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March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This legal analysis discusses how the law can help fight obesity. The authors lay out how to use the law to directly address factors that contribute to obesity and to create solutions that strengthen existing policies and regulations used to curb obesity.
October 31, 2008 | Program Result Report
Like many low-income seniors in Minnesota, Larry wants to take care of himself, but he needs some help.
June 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Does Providing Nutrition Information at the Point of Purchase Affect Consumer Behavior?
June 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Children, Youth and Family Consortium and The Child and Family Policy Center co-sponsored two Family Re-Union conferences in which policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels explore how public policy affects families in the United States.
June 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Starting in December 1996, an expert panel convened by the National Research Council's Board on Children, Youth, and Families studied the health and safety implications of child labor.
December 29, 2007 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the National Opinion Research Center surveyed adults across the country to determine their preferences regarding education, interdiction, law enforcement and treatment alternatives for addressing the nation's drug problem.
July 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Boston, and the CDC jointly sponsored the second annual national conference, "The Public's Health and the Law in the 21st Century," held June 16-18, 2003 in Atlanta.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
September 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Nutrition labels on restaurant menus are a strategy to inform consumers and address the issue of obesity. This article provides ways in which public health laws focusing on menu-labeling can be written and defended against challenges.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.