Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: Rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 13-23

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

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

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c United Kingdom Health Forum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^h The Australian National University   (Australia)

ⁱ WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^m CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

ⁿ Intl Assoc of Consum Food Org   (United Kingdom)

^o PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^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)

more..

Author keywords

Communications strategy; Food environments; INFORMAS; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFANT FEEDING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; REVIEW; SMOKING;

COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY; FOOD ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMAS; MONITORING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMUNICATION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84885150859     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12072     Document Type: Review

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