The manufacture of lifestyle: The role of corporations in unhealthy living

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Freudenberg, Nicholas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporations; Lifestyle; Unhealthy products

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESTYLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 84860749160     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.60     Document Type: Article

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