W a Bogart

Regulating Obesity?

Government, Society, and Questions of Health

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the effectiveness of legal interventions aimed at promoting healthier lifestyles. In it, W.A. Bogart examines the complex effects of law and its relationship with norms, including the unintended consequences of regulation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199856206
• ISBN-10: 0199856206
• Artikelnr.: 38051457

Autorenporträt

W. A. Bogart is a University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Windsor. He received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Toronto and his LL.M. from Harvard University, and is the author of several books, including, most recently, Permit But Discourage: Regulating Excessive Consumption (Oxford University Press, 2011). Professor Bogart was a Virtual Scholar in Residence for the Law Commission of Canada (2002-03) and is a frequent consultant to government and other public bodies regarding legal policy.

Inhaltsangabe

* INTRODUCTION
* PART ONE: OBESITY AND THE REGULATION OF CONSUMPTION
* Chapter One - Regulating Consumption: Many Efforts - With What
Effects?
* PART TWO: BEING FAT
* Chapter Two - How is Obesity a Problem?
* Chapter Three - Appearance Bias-Fat Rights
* PART THREE: HEALTHY CONSUMPTION, ACTIVE LIVING, AND THE REGULATORY
STATE
* Chapter Four - Assessing Interventions
* Chapter Five - Just the Facts?: Educating, Mandating Information,
Controlling Advertising, Restricting Marketing to Children
* Chapter Six - Fiscal Interventions: Fat Taxes and Subsidies
* Chapter Seven - Encouraging Physical Activity: Children at Play!
* CONCLUSION