Wanted: Politicians to champion health (not obesity)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 397-399

  Loff, Bebe ^a   Crammond, Brad R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY PLANNING; FAST FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; MARKETING; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC FIGURE; PURCHASING; REVIEW; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS;

AUSTRALIA; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; OBESITY; POLITICS;

EID: 77951915283     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03563.x     Document Type: Review

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