Toward the reduction of population obesity: Macrolevel environmental approaches to the problems of food, eating, and obesity

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-226

  Faith, Myles S ^a,b   Fontaine, Kevin R ^c   Baskin, Monica L ^d   Allison, David B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating; Food consumption; Obesity; Prevention; Public health; Subsidization; Taxation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; TAX;

COMMERCE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMANS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAXES;

EID: 33847639347     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.2.205     Document Type: Review

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