PHAI Online - The Public Health Advocacy Institute
Fifth Conference on Public Health, Law, & Obesity
September 19 - September 21, 2008
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC NEEDS SOLUTIONS WITH IMPACT.
The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) along with
Public Health Law & Policy (PHLP) is sponsoring the 5th
conference on public health, law, and obesity.
Hear new ideas and work with colleagues to develop truly
effective strategies that have a real impact on obesity at this
agenda-setting conference.
Advocates, public health practitioners, legal scholars,
researchers, and policy makers are invited to come together
to discuss the current legal approaches to the obesity
epidemic. The conference will help stakeholders collaborate
in developing a public health legal strategy with a foundation
in environmental change that empowers communities and
populations to tackle the public health implications of a
broken food system and built environment.
