EU law and obesity prevention
By: Amandine Garde
Series: European monographs -- 74
Publisher: Kluwer Law International; Sold and distributed in North, Central, and South America by Aspen Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands; Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9789041127068
Subjects: Government policy; Prevention; Food law and legislation; Overweight persons; Public health laws; Obesity; Legal status, laws
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Obesity and its consequences in the European Union; title: Towards a comprehensive EU obesity prevention strategy?; title: The tools of EU action : to which extent are EU institutions empowered to tackle the obesity epidemic?; title: The provision of food information to consumers; title: The regulation of food marketing to children; title: Food composition; title: Food prices and the role of economic instruments in the EU's obesity prevention strategy; title: Physical activity and the EU's obesity prevention strategy.