Legal themes concerning obesity regulation in the United States: Theory and practice

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hodge Jr , James G ^a   Garcia, Andrea M ^b   Shah, Supriya ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c Ctr for Law and the Public's Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MARKETING; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249094605     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-5-14     Document Type: Article

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