Healthy food options and advertising in Greece

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 511-519

  Batrinou, Anthimia M ^a   Kanellou, Anastassia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advertising; Diet; Food products; Greece; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350327210     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650910992178     Document Type: Article

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