An edition of Saving Gotham
(2015)
Saving Gotham
a billionaire mayor, activist doctors, and the fight for eight million lives
First edition.
by Tom Farley
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A behind-the-scenes look at a controversial -- and successful -- public health initiative recounts how Dr. Thomas Frieden, as the health commissioner of New York City in 2002, and his team prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants and attempted to cap the size of soda, revealing how local government can protect its citizens and transform health for everyone. --Publisher's description.
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Public health, Chronic diseases, Medical policy, Prevention, New york (n.y.), history, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Medicine, preventive, Preventive Health Services, Methods, Public Health, Health Policy, Prevention & control, Personal Narratives, Environmental Health, Chronic Disease, Environmental health, Chronic disease--prevention & control, Preventive health services, Health policy, Public health--methods, Environmental health--new york (state)--new york--personal narratives, Chronic disease--prevention & control--new york (state)--new york--personal narratives, Public health--methods--new york (state)--new york--personal narratives, Health policy--new york (state)--new york--personal narratives, Public health--new york (state)--new york, Medical policy--new york (state)--new york, Chronic diseases--prevention, Chronic diseases--new york (state)--new york--prevention, Ra448.n5 f37 2015, Wa 300 an7, 362.109747Places
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Saving Gotham: a billionaire mayor, activist doctors, and the fight for eight million lives
2015, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
- First edition.
0393071243 9780393071245
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Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives
2015, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
0393248801 9780393248807
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Table of Contents
"Things are going to get really exciting"
"I need a one-pager on lives saved"
"I thought, this nutrition stuff is so controversial..."
"We were failing and we didn't know why, and we had to succeed."
"Are you sure this will save lives?"
"I just went on a field trip to Dunkin' Donuts."
"Now, for the first time ever, she could see for herself."
"There's no doubt our kids drink way too much soda."
"In the end, it's just ketchup."
"All I could think of was, welcome to New York"
"They can't even be bothered to sue us?"
"We were outgunned."
"Would you like us to say, 'That's not our responsibility'?"
"We are in a coalition with major food companies for one reason only; that is, access to power."
"They always had two nuclear weapons."
"I hear that your Mayor wants to ban soda!"
"The NSRI's success is far from guaranteed"
"This is an attack on small business."
"It keeps me up at night."
"That is, ultimately, government's highest duty.".
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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