Modelling of potential food policy interventions in Fiji and Tonga and their impacts on noncommunicable disease mortality

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-605

  Snowdon, Wendy ^a,b   Moodie, Marj ^a   Schultz, Jimaima ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^c National Food and Nutrition Centre   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Environment; Food policy; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIET; DISEASE; FOOD POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STAKEHOLDER;

FIJI; TONGA;

EID: 80051890272     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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