Regulating the types of foods and beverages marketed to Australian children: How useful are food industry commitments?

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-266

  Hebden, Lana ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Kelly, Bridget ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^b   Innes Hughes, Christine ^a,b   Gunatillaka, Nilakshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Food composition; Food marketing; Nutrient profiling; Policy; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649758871     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01473.x     Document Type: Article

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