Policy interventions to promote healthy eating: A review of what works, what does not, and what is promising

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Brambila Macias, Jose ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^b   Capacci, Sara ^c   Mazzocchi, Mario ^c   Perez Cueto, Federico J A ^d   Verbeke, Wim ^d   Traill, W Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diet and nutrition; Europe; Healthy eating; Policy interventions

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; POLICY APPROACH;

EID: 84855433021     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200408     Document Type: Article

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