Combating obesity through the built environment: is there a clear path to success?

J Law Med Ethics. 2011 Fall;39(3):387-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00608.x.

Abstract

This article focuses on how an often-overlooked portion of PPACA, "Community Transformation Grants," might close the evidence gap in the relationship between obesity and the built environment and provide a pathway to effectively address this medically and economically costly epidemic.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • City Planning*
  • Environment Design*
  • Health Care Reform
  • Health Policy*
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans
  • Obesity / epidemiology
  • Obesity / prevention & control*
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • United States / epidemiology