News Coverage and Sales of Products with Trans Fat. Effects Before and After Changes in Federal Labeling Policy

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 395-401

  Niederdeppe, Jeff ^a   Frosch, Dominick L ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b Health Services Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANS FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION SERVICE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLICATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049086213     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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