Submissions to the Australian and New Zealand Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy support traffic light nutrition labelling

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 446-451

  White, John ^a   Signal, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Food labelling; Health promotion; New Zealand; Nutrition policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 84867013017     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00913.x     Document Type: Review

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