Open AccessIdentifying Novel Predictors of State Legislative Action to Address Obesity
Author(s) -
Abigail Arons,
Jennifer L. Pomeranz,
Rita Hamad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001039
Subject(s) - legislature , obesity , public health , state (computer science) , public economics , health policy , demographics , public policy , political science , environmental health , economics , medicine , law , sociology , demography , computer science , nursing , algorithm
There is wide variation in the number and types of obesity policies enacted across states, and prior studies suggest that partisan factors may not fully explain this variation. In this exploratory analysis, we examined the association of a broad array of state-level factors with the number and types of obesity policies across states.