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Legal and public health considerations affecting the success, reach, and impact of menu-labeling laws

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  • Pomeranz, J.L.
  • Brownell, K.D.

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Because the rate of consumption of away-from-home meals has increased dramatically, the distinction between requiring nutrition information for packaged but not restaurant products is no longer reasonable. Public health necessitates that nutrition labels must be included with restaurant menus as a strategy to educate consumers and address the escalation of obesity.Menu- labeling laws are being considered at the local, state, and federal levels, but the restaurant industry opposes such action. We discuss the public health rationale and set forth the government's legal authority for the enactment of menu-labeling laws. We further aim to educate the public health community of the potential legal challenges to such laws, and we set forth methods for governments to survive these challenges by drafting laws according to current legal standards.

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  • Pomeranz, J.L. & Brownell, K.D., 2008. "Legal and public health considerations affecting the success, reach, and impact of menu-labeling laws," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 98(9), pages 1578-1583.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2007.128488_4
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.128488
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    1. Gerdi Weidner, 2012. "Sustainability in medicine: a case for the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 32(3), pages 353-359, September.
    2. Clementina Sebillote, 2013. "Efficiency of Public-Private Co-regulation in the Food Sector: the French Voluntary Agreements for Nutritional Improvements," Working Papers 2013-03, Alimentation et Sciences Sociales.
    3. Payán, Denise D. & Lewis, LaVonna B. & Cousineau, Michael R. & Nichol, Michael B., 2017. "Advocacy coalitions involved in California's menu labeling policy debate: Exploring coalition structure, policy beliefs, resources, and strategies," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 78-86.

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