School is back in New Zealand - And so is the junk food

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1290, 2009, Pages 5-8

  Utter, Jennifer ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Percival, Teuila ^a   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; EDITORIAL; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 64049103850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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