Future of Obesity Litigation panel featuring PHAI’s Gottlieb and CSPI’s Gardner airs and is available online
On January 21, 2011, Northeastern University Law Journal sponsored its third annual symposium. This year, it was entitled “From Seed to Stomach,” and addressed legal and regulatory aspects of obesity and food safety. The symposium was recorded for broadcast by CSPAN, which aired the material from February 25-28, 2011. PHAI’s Executive Director, Mark Gottlieb, along […]
PHAI’s Gottlieb discusses litigation as an approach to reduce childhood obesity at Institute of Medicine Workshop
On October 21, 2010, the Institute of Medicine’s Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention hosted a one-day workshop to examine “Legal Strategies in Childhood Obesity Prevention.” Mark Gottlieb, Executive Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, presented on a panel moderated by UC Berkeley law professor Stephen Sugarman entitled […]
Discovery of Elevated Fructose Levels in Popular Soft Drinks Raises Important Legal Questions for Regulators and Consumers
Prepared by Cara Wilking, J.D., Staff Attorney What kinds of High Fructose Corn Syrup Are Generally Recognized as Safe for Use in the Food Supply? Substances “reasonably expected to become a component of food” are food additives subject to premarket approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), unless they are generally recognized […]
Daynard and Gottlieb publish Op/Ed in Boston Globe: “How to fight America’s obesity epidemic”
The article, published on January 8, 2009, addresses some of the 47 policy recommendations that were discussed at our September, 2008 conference and appear in our report to the Obama administration.
PHAI Sends Obama Transition Team Obesity Policy Recommendations
NEW FEDERAL APPROACHES TO OBESITY EPIDEMIC NEEDED: Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law Provides Obama Transition Team with Legal and Policy Recommendations BOSTON (Nov. 24– President-elect Barak Obama’s Health and Human Services Transition Team today was presented with a series of nearly 50 legal and policy recommendations designed to combat the […]
PHAI Publishes Presentation Slides from Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law and Obesity
The Public Health Advocacy Institute held its Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, and Obesity on September 19-21, 2008. It was entitled “A Time for Action: An Obesity Agenda for the Next Administration” and was co-sponsored by Public Health Law and Policy. Many of the speakers have permitted us to release the slides they presented […]
PHAI Publishes “The Zoning Diet” Kit to Help Communities Limit the Impact of Fast Food and its Advertising
Childhood obesity is a growing problem that poses substantial health risks. Ethnic/racial minorities in low income urban areas disproportionately feel the impact of this problem. The built environment is particularly dense in low income urban areas and impacts a large number of people in a relatively limited space. Fast food and fast food advertising are […]
