Health Policies for Healthy Lifestyles

4 credits

This course covers the rationale for and effectiveness of policies to influence nutrition, physical activity, and substance use behavior. Policies include legalization, taxation, labeling, produce manufacturing, warning labels, licensing, marketing, and counter-marketing practices and restrictions on use. Must be taken for a letter grade to be applied to the public health major. Renumbered from FMPH 120. Students may not receive credit for FMPH 120 and PH 120. Prerequisites: PH 40 or FMPH 40 and upper-division standing.