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01-06-2015 | Original Article

Food and Beverage Policies and Public Health Ethics

Author: David B. Resnik

Published in: Health Care Analysis | Issue 2/2015

Abstract

Government food and beverage policies can play an important role in promoting public health. Few people would question this assumption. Difficult questions can arise, however, when policymakers, public health officials, citizens, and businesses deliberate about food and beverage policies, because competing values may be at stake, such as public health, individual autonomy, personal responsibility, economic prosperity, and fairness. An ethically justified policy strikes a reasonable among competing values by meeting the following criteria: (1) the policy serves important social goal(s); (2) the policy is likely to be effective at achieving those goal(s); (3) less burdensome options are not likely to be effective at achieving the goals; (4) the policy is fair.

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Title: Food and Beverage Policies and Public Health Ethics
Author: David B. Resnik
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Health Care Analysis / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1065-3058
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-013-0266-z

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