Obesity in the media: Political hot potato or human interest story?

Australian Journalism Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Bonfiglioli, Catriona ^a   King, Lesley ^a   Smith, Ben ^a,b   Chapman, Simon ^c   Holding, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84878201920     PISSN: 08102686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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