Obesity, business, and public policy
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Zoltán J Ács; Alan Lyles; Kenneth R Stanton
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9781845425005
Description
List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Foreword / Michael Huckabee -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Zoltan J. Acs and Alan Lyles -- pt. 1. Culture, obesity and institutions -- 2. The spread of obesity / David B. Audretsch and Dawne DiOrio -- pt. 2. Obesity and the individual -- 3. The economics of childhood obesity policy / John Cawley -- 4. Obesity, poverty and diversity : theoretical and strategic challenges / Lenneal J. Henderson -- 5. The labor market impact of obesity / John H. Cawley -- pt. 3. Obesity and business -- 6. Mixed messages in marketing communications about food and obesity / Stephen J. Gould and Fiona Sussan -- 7. Weight control, private health insurance and public policies / Alan Lyles and Ann Cotten -- pt. 4. Obesity and government -- 8. The infrastructure of obesity / Zoltan J. Acs, Ann Cotten, and Kenneth R. Stanton -- 9. Federal communication about obesity in the Dietary Guidelines and checkoff programs / Parke E. Wilde -- 10. Tax solutions to the external costs of obesity / Julie Ann Elston, Kenneth R. Stanton, David T. Levy, and Zoltan J. Acs -- pt 5. Lessons from the past -- 11. Tobacco control as a model for trimming the obesity problem / David T. Levy and Marilyn Oblak -- 12. Perspectives on the economic and cultural effects of obesity litigation : lessons from Pelman v McDonald's / José Felipé Anderson -- pt. 6. Policy conclusions -- 13. A policy framework for confronting obesity / Zoltan J. Acs. Lenneal J. Henderson, David T. Levy, Alan Lyles, and Kenneth R. Stanton -- Index.
"Obesity, Business and Public Policy is unique in its broad social science approach, exploring the obesity epidemic from economic, business, legal, social and public policy perspectives. As such, this truly multidisciplinary study will make fascinating reading for academics and professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds including: business, economics, public and social policy, medicine and nutrition."--BOOK JACKET.
