Stakeholder perceptions of a comprehensive school food policy in Western Australia

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-104

  Pettigrew, Simone ^a   Pescud, Melanie ^a   Donovan, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food; Nutrition policy; Obesity; Parents; Schools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; PARENTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867334794     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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