Dissecting obesogenic environments: The development and application of a framework for identifying and prioritizing environmental interventions for obesity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 563-570

  Swinburn, Boyd ^a   Egger, Garry ^b,c   Raza, Fezeela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Centre for Health Promotion and Research   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary fats; Environment; Exercise; Intervention studies; Obesity; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033392040     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0585     Document Type: Article

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