Prioritizing policy interventions to improve diets? Will it work, can it happen, will it do harm?

Health Promotion International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Snowdon, W ^a   Potter, J L ^a   Swinburn, B ^a   Schultz, J ^b   Lawrence, M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Food policy; Health impact assessment; Healthy public policy; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIET; EDUCATION; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLICY; STANDARD; TONGA;

DECISION MAKING; DIET; EDUCATION; FIJI; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; TONGA;

EID: 77249168173     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daq003     Document Type: Article

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