"Big food," the consumer food environment, health, and the policy response in South Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Igumbor, Ehimario U ^a   Sanders, David ^a   Puoane, Thandi R ^a   Tsolekile, Lungiswa ^a   Schwarz, Cassandra ^a   Purdy, Christopher ^b   Swart, Rina ^a   Durão, Solange ^a   Hawkes, Corinna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; EDUCATION; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD STORAGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MARKETING; SOUTH AFRICA;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOOD HABITS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864441421     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001253     Document Type: Article

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