Public say food regulatory policies to improve health in Western Australia are important: Population survey results

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 475-482

  Pollard, Christina M ^a,b   Daly, Alison ^d   Moore, Michael ^c   Binns, Colin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Public Health Association of Australia   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

community attitudes; food policy; food regulation; nutrition labelling; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ATTITUDES; FOOD POLICY; FOOD REGULATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION LABELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

COMMUNITY ATTITUDES; FOOD POLICY; FOOD REGULATION; NUTRITION LABELLING; OBESITY;

EID: 84885459961     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12128     Document Type: Article

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