Abstract

Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
U.S. Const., amend. X; Jacobson v. Massachusetts , 197 U.S. 11 (1905 ).
2.Institute of Medicine , For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges (Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press , 2011 ): at 58 .
3.
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
, 285 U.S. 262 (1932 ) (“a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country…”).
4.University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute , “County Health Rankings,” available at <http://www.countyhealthrankings.org> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
5.Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , “Building a Culture of Health, 2014 President's Message,” available at <http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/annual-reports/presidents-message-2014.html> (last accessed January 28, 2015 ).
6.University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute , “RWJF Culture of Health Prize,” available at <http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/prize> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
7.
Ogden
C. L.
Carroll
M. D.
Kit
B. K.
Flegal
K. M.
, “Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011–2012,” JAMA 31 , no. 8 (2014 ): 806 –814 , available at <http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1832542> (last visited January 28, 2015 ); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , “Adult Obesity Facts,” available at <http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
8.
Title 10, Chapter 203.20 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances.
9.Minneapolis Health Department , Testing an Evaluation Model for Assessing the Efficacy of the Minneapolis Healthy Corner Store Program (September 2013 ), available at <http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@health/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-115543.pdf> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
10.City of New Orleans , Fit NOLA , available at <http://www.nola.gov/health-department/fit-nola/> (last updated January 28, 2015 ).
11.City of New Orleans , City of New Orleans Awarded Blue Cross Blue Shield Partnership for a Healthier America Play Streets Grant , Press Release , November 14, 2012 , available at <http://www.nola.gov/mayor/press-releases/2012/20121114-city-of-new-orleans-awarded-blue-cross-bl/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
12.City of New Orleans , “Fresh Food Retailers Initiative,” available at <http://www.nola.gov/city/fresh-food-retailers-initiative/> (last updated January 28, 2015 ); City of New Orleans , Mayor Landrieu Announces Fresh Food Retailer Initiative Loan to Project to Redevelop Schwegmann's Site , Press Release, February 14, 2013 , available at <http://www.nola.gov/mayor/press-releases/2013/20130214-mayor-landrieu-announces-fresh-food-retai/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
13.Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Orleans Parish Place Matters Team, Center on Human Needs at Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Network for Geospatial Health Research , Place Matters for Health in Orleans Parish: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All , A Report on Health Inequities in Orleans Parish, Louisiana (June 2012 ), available at <http://www.orleansplacematters.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CHER-Final-text.pdf> (last visited January 28, 2015 ); The Data Center , “Central City Statistical Area,” available at <http://www.datacenterresearch.org/data-resources/neighborhood-data/district-2/central-city/> last visited January 28, 2015 ).
14.Human Impact Partners , Health Impact Assessment Fact Sheet , available at <http://www.humanimpact.org/new-to-hia/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
15.Office of the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress (2014 ), available at <http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/full-report.pdf> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
16.
Title 11, Chapter 234 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances.
17.
Article II, Chapter 66 of the New Orleans City Code.
18.
2006 La. Acts 815 (effective Jan. 1, 2007 ); La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 40:1300.251–1300.263.
19.Healthier Air for All , Smoke-Free Venues , available at <http://www.healthierairforall.org/venues> (lasted visited January 28, 2015 ).
20.2013 La. Acts 211; La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40:1300.263.
21.City of Minneapolis , Minneapolis Blueprint for Action to Prevent Youth Violence (August 2013 ), available at <http://www.minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@health/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-121861.pdf> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
22.Results Minneapolis: Youth Violence Prevention (October 22, 2014 ), available at <http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/@citycoordinator/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-132615.pdf> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
23.
McCarthy
B.
, “New Orleans Murder Rate Remains Highest in the Nation,” Times Picayune , May 24, 2010 , available at <http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/05/new_orleans_murder_rate_remain.html> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
24.City of New Orleans , NOLA for Life: Comprehensive Murder Reduction Strategy (September 2013 ), available at <http://www.nolaforlife.org/files/nola-for-life-sept2013-book-pdf_1/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
25.City of New Orleans , “NOLA for Life,” available at <http://www.nolaforlife.org/home/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
26.City of New Orleans , Mayor Landrieu Announces NOLA for Life Mentoring Initiative , Press Release , November 21, 2014 , available at <http://www.nola.gov/mayor/press-releases/2014/20141121-mayor-landrieu-announces-nola-for-life-me/> (last visited January 28, 2015 ).
