Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 70-81

  Rayner, M ^a   Wood, A ^b   Lawrence, M ^c   Mhurchu, C N ^b   Albert, J ^d   Barquera, S ^e   Friel, S ^f   Hawkes, C ^g   Kelly, B ^h   Kumanyika, S ⁱ   L'Abbe M ^j   Lee, A ^k   Lobstein, T ^l,m,n   Ma, J ^o   Macmullan, J ^p   Mohan, S ^q   Monteiro, C ^r   Neal, B ^s   Sacks, G ^c   Sanders, D ^t   Snowdon, W ^c,u   Swinburn, B ^b,c   Vandevijvere, S ^b   Walker, C ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^f The Australian National University   (Australia)

^g WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^l International Association for the Study of Obesity   (United Kingdom)

^m CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^o Intl Assoc of Consum Food Org   (United Kingdom)

^p PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^r GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^t Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non Communicable Diseases   (Fiji)

^u GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Food environments; Food labelling; INFORMAS; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PACKAGING; NON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; REVIEW;

FOOD ENVIRONMENTS; FOOD LABELLING; INFORMAS; MONITORING;

BENCHMARKING; BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY;

EID: 84885115392     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12077     Document Type: Review

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