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标题：Legal and Public Health Considerations Affecting the Success, Reach, and Impact of Menu-Labeling Laws
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作者：Jennifer L. Pomeranz ; Kelly D. Brownell
期刊名称：American journal of public health
印刷版ISSN：0090-0036
出版年度：2008
卷号：98
期号：9
页码：1578-1583
DOI：10.2105/AJPH.2007.128488
语种：English
出版社：American Public Health Association
摘要：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. MENU-LABELING LAWS ARE being considered at local, state, and federal levels. Proposed laws have considerable support among health groups but are opposed by the restaurant industry. With these legal efforts being one of most visible public policy strategies to improve nutrition and prevent obesity, it is important to understand the public health rationale, the legal basis, and how the writing and framing of legislation makes it more or less vulnerable to subsequent legal challenges.