Assessing the options for local government to use legal approaches to combat obesity in the UK: Putting theory into practice

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 660-667

  Mitchell, C ^a   Cowburn, G ^a   Foster, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Law; Local government; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIET; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIA; MEDLINE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79960575681     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00872.x     Document Type: Review

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