Promotion of healthy eating through public policy: A controlled experiment

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Elbel, Brian ^a,c   Taksler, Glen B ^a   Mijanovich, Tod ^b   Abrams, Courtney B ^a   Dixon, L B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CALORIE; CONSUMER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PURCHASING; TAX;

BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; TAXES;

EID: 84879382243     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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