Food marketing and obesity: A public policy and channels perspective

Innovative Marketing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-99

  Charlebois, Sylvain ^a   Tamilia, Robert D ^b   Labrecque, JoAnne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Market failure; Marketing channels; Obesity; Obesity drivers; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869744007     PISSN: 18142427     EISSN: 18166326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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