INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support): Overview and key principles

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 1-12

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^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 OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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

^t GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Benchmarking; Food environments; INFORMAS; Obesity prevention

Indexed keywords

FOOD; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; REVIEW;

BENCHMARKING; FOOD ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMAS; OBESITY PREVENTION;

BENCHMARKING; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885162727     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12087     Document Type: Review

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