Magnusson Roger S
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2008 Jun 5;5:9. doi: 10.1186/1743-8462-5-9.
The rapid rise in rates of overweight and obesity among adults and children in Australia and New Zealand has intensified debate about the most effective policies for obesity prevention. Law has much to contribute to this policy discussion, although its role is often misunderstood. The articles in this symposium follow on from a conference hosted in September 2006 by the Centre for Health Governance, Law & Ethics in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, titled: Obesity: should there be a law against it? In different ways, these articles provide a variety of perspectives on regulatory responses to obesity, including theoretical justifications for a legal approach, conceptual models that assist in making sense of law's role, as well as specific legal strategies for obesity prevention in various settings.
澳大利亚和新西兰成年人及儿童超重和肥胖率的迅速上升，加剧了关于预防肥胖最有效政策的争论。法律对这一政策讨论有很大贡献，尽管其作用常常被误解。本次研讨会的文章源自悉尼大学法学院健康治理、法律与伦理中心于2006年9月主办的一次会议，会议主题为：肥胖：是否应该制定相关法律？这些文章以不同方式提供了关于应对肥胖的监管措施的各种观点，包括法律途径的理论依据、有助于理解法律作用的概念模型，以及在各种情况下预防肥胖的具体法律策略。
