Policy options for obesity in Europe: A comparison of public health specialists with other stakeholders

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 896-908

  González Zapata, Laura I ^a,b,i   Alvarez Dardet, Carlos ^a   Ortiz Moncada, Rocio ^a   Clemente, Vicente ^a   Millstone, Erik ^c   Holdsworth, Michelle ^d   Sarri, Katerina ^e   Tarlao, Giulio ^f   Horvath, Zoltanne ^g   Lobstein, Tim ^c   Savva, Savvas ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^f Istituto Di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia   (Italy)

^g SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^h Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

ⁱ Área de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition policy; Obesity; Public health nutrition; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TAX; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; EUROPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 67651018650     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000800308X     Document Type: Article

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