this article is a review of the book “health in all policies: seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by kimmo leppo, eeva ollila, sebastián peña, matthias wismar, and sarah cook. this book (printed and online publication) was published by the finnish ministry of social affairs and health, finland in 2013 (1). the book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...

Abstract In their book Healthy Eating Policy and Political Philosophy: A Public Reason Approach , Matteo Bonotti Anne Barnhill defend a conception of public reason centred on the notion accessibility advance an ethical toolkit health policy makers can use to ensure they are reasoning publicly when designing healthy eating policies. Finally, propose institutionalise process informed by ethics fr...

Tobacco-free campuses are a great public health initiative. Healthy People 2020 and Healthy Campus 2020 address tobacco use and young adults including college students. Sources indicate that of the more than 6,000 colleges and universities in the United States, less than 800 are either smoke free or tobacco free. An increasing number of college campus policy makers in the United States are impl...

This final rule requires all local educational agencies that participate in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to meet expanded local school wellness policy requirements consistent with the requirements set forth in section 204 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The final rule requires each local educational agency to establish minimum content requirements for th...

Government actors have an important role to play in creating healthy public policies and supportive environments to facilitate access to safe, affordable, nutritious food. The purpose of this research was to examine Waterloo Region (Ontario, Canada) as a case study for "what works" with respect to facilitating access to healthy, local food through regional food system policy making. Policy and ...

BACKGROUND Diet-related chronic diseases are now a serious global public health problem. Public health groups are calling for the agricultural sector to play a greater role in tackling the threat. OBJECTIVE To identify potential points of policy intervention in the agricultural sector that could be leveraged to promote healthy diets and tackle obesity and diet-related chronic diseases. METH...

many of the societal level factors that affect health – the ‘social determinants of health (sdh)’ – exist outside the health sector, across diverse portfolios of government, and other major institutions including non-governmental organisations (ngos) and the private sector. this has created growing interest in how to create and implement public policies which will drive better and fairer health...

Childhood obesity is a challenging public health issue facing communities throughout the U.S. Local efforts are believed to be essential to assuring environments that support physical activity and healthy food/beverage consumption among children and their families. However, little is known about how broadly and intensively communities are implementing combinations of programs and policies that ...

cities need good, participatory and effective policies and plans for development. urban development plans such as comprehensive plan are the most important tool for implementation of policies and plans. the effective implementation of city development plan requires high level documents such as spatial planning; good macro development plans policies, efficient urban management and public partici...

PURPOSE This study examines health perceptions, self and body image, physical exercise and nutrition among undergraduate students. METHODS A structured, self-reported questionnaire was administered to more than 1500 students at a large academic institute in Israel. The study population was heterogenic in both gender and fields of academic study. RESULTS High correlations between health perc...