Consolidated state political party control and the enactment of obesity-related policies in the United States.

ABSTRACT: States play a key role in addressing obesity and its risk factors through policymaking, but there is variation in state activity nationally. The goal of this study was to examine whether the presence of a consolidated Democratic or Republican "trifecta" - when a state's governorship and both houses of the legislature are dominated by the same political party - or divided government (i.e., without a trifecta) is associated with obesity-related policy content and enactment. In 2016 and 2017, we gathered state bills and laws utilizing the CDC Chronic Disease State Policy Tracking System, and examined the association between state-level political party control and the enactment of state-level obesity-related policies in all states during 2009-2015. The three areas of interest included: policie

SUBMITTER: Pomeranz JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5653399 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature