Miller S A, Scarbrough F E
Princess Takamatsu Symp. 1985;16:305-21.
The response of Government to the relationship between diet and chronic disease is a legitimate public health policy issue, yet the proper role of Government is a subject of continuing debate. Regulatory mechanisms designed to address questions of food additives or contaminants in food are ill-suited to address questions of diet/disease relationships because of the different standards and types of evidence involved. In this paper we examine, through the use of several examples, the question of whether current evidence on the relationship of diet to cancer is sufficient to make changes in public health policy. Finally, we discuss potential Governmental approaches, both short- and long-term, to implementing policy in the area of diet and cancer.
政府对饮食与慢性病之间关系的应对措施是一个合理的公共卫生政策问题，然而政府的恰当角色仍是一个持续争论的话题。旨在解决食品添加剂或食品中污染物问题的监管机制并不适合解决饮食与疾病关系的问题，因为涉及不同的标准和证据类型。在本文中，我们通过几个例子来探讨关于饮食与癌症关系的现有证据是否足以促使公共卫生政策做出改变这一问题。最后，我们讨论政府在饮食与癌症领域实施政策的短期和长期潜在方法。
