Monitoring progress toward United Nations commitments: characteristics of Canadian legislation to promote tobacco control, physical activity and healthy eating. A descriptive study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Legal interventions are important mechanisms for chronic disease prevention. Since Canadian laws to promote physical activity and healthy eating are growing, we compared the characteristics of legal interventions targeting physical activity and healthy eating with tobacco control laws, which have been extensively described. METHODS:We reviewed 718 federal, provincial and territorial laws promoting tobacco control, physical activity and healthy eating captured in the Prevention Policies Directory between spring 2010 and September 2017. We characterized the legislation with regard to its purpose, tools to accomplish the purpose, responsible authorities, target location, level of coerciveness and provisions for enforcement. RESULTS:Two-thirds (67.9%) of tobacco control legislation

SUBMITTER: Maximova K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910139 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature