Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 82-95

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

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^e WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

ⁱ INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^j The Australian National University   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

ⁿ CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

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

^q PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^t GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Food affordability; Food policy; Food prices; Non communicable disease

Indexed keywords

MILK FAT; YOGHURT;

BEEF; CEREAL; CHEESE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AFFORDABILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PRICE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GRAIN; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH FOOD; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGUME; MEAT; MILK; MONITORING; NUT; OBESITY; PASTA; POLICY; POTATO; RED MEAT; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE;

FOOD AFFORDABILITY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRICES; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885170182     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12078     Document Type: Review

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