BOSTON, June 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- How can the law contribute to public health goals in combating the obesity epidemic? The Public Health Advocacy Institute announces its second annual conference to examine this urgent question.
"Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic" will be held at Northeastern University School of Law from Friday evening, Sept. 17, through Sunday afternoon, September 19, 2004. Conference registration information is now available at www.phaionline.org.
Featuring speakers working in government, law, academics, and the front lines of public health, the conference will include a series of panel discussions on obesity and the food environment as well as a range of advocacy, regulatory, legislative, and legal approaches to the epidemic that will benefit both national and global health.
Bringing together public health and legal professionals, the conference will make a unique contribution to the development of effective legal strategies to achieve an urgent public health objective. The interests and expertise of confirmed speakers cut across a wide range of marketing, law, advocacy, and public policy issues bearing on the conference theme. In addition to Dr. Anthony Robbins, Dr. Richard Daynard, and Ben Kelley of PHAI, speakers include: Professor Kelly Brownell, Yale University (see note); Margo Wootan and Dr. Michael Jacobson, CSPI; Dr. Susan Linn and Dr. David Ludwig, Harvard Medical School.
To register for the conference, obtain conference details, or learn more about PHAI, visit us at www.phaionline.org. You may also direct questions to the PHAI office at 617-867-7774 or Conference2004@phaionline.org.
"Obesity has now surpassed smoking in health care costs and will soon be the nation's leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality. The human toll is enormous. Progress is possible only with fundamental changes in the food and physical activity environments, and a central feature of this effort must be reform of food industry practices. Combining advocacy with the law is a key means of stimulating reform, but few groups are pursuing this avenue. PHAI brings to this effort both talent and vigor and stands to make an important contribution to the health and well-being of millions of people."
-- Kelly Brownell
Note: Kelly Brownell is author of "Food Fight"; Professor
and Chair of Psychology, Yale University; Director, Yale
Center for Eating and Weight Disorders.
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