Zoning for health: The obesity epidemic and opportunities for local policy intervention

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1181-1184

  Chen, Susan E ^a   Florax, Raymond J G M ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY;

EID: 77952636698     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.111336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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