From the point-of-purchase perspective: A qualitative study of the feasibility of interventions aimed at portion-size

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Vermeer, Willemijn M ^a   Steenhuis, Ingrid H M ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food portion size; Intervention; Obesity

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY;

EID: 61849152330     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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