Is nudge an effective public health strategy to tackle obesity? No

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7803, 2011, Pages

  Rayner, Geof ^a   Lang, Tim ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; OBESITY;

EID: 79955442383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2177     Document Type: Short Survey

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