Government regulation to promote healthy food environments - a view from inside state governments

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 162-173

  Shill, J ^a   Mavoa, H ^a   Allender, S ^a   Lawrence, M ^a   Sacks, G ^a   Peeters, A ^b   Crammond, B ^b   Swinburn, B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Obesity; Policy; Whole of government

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

AUSTRALIA; COMMERCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84855427436     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00937.x     Document Type: Review

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