Tackling of unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, and obesity: Health effects and cost-effectiveness

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9754, 2010, Pages 1775-1784

  Cecchini, Michele ^a   Sassi, Franco ^a   Lauer, Jeremy A ^b   Lee, Yong Y ^c   Guajardo Barron, Veronica ^d   Chisholm, Daniel ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650220733     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61514-0     Document Type: Review

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