Webcast: Cutting-Edge Legal Preparedness for Chronic Disease Prevention

Public Health Grand Rounds, a project sponsored by CDC in collaboration with the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, will air a satellite broadcast and webcast, "Cutting-Edge Legal Preparedness for Chronic Disease Prevention," on November 29, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. EST. CDC's Public Health Law Program and National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion will present the broadcast, which describes innovative use of public health laws in New York City, such as posting calorie information on restaurant menus, phasing out use of trans fats, requiring laboratory reporting of blood-glucose test results, and prohibiting smoking in nearly all workplaces. Registration link.