Obesity in red and blue: Understanding the associations between politics and obesity

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-437

  Gollust, Sarah Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Policy; Politics

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LAW; MARKETING; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOTE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENT; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHOOL; TAX;

OBESITY; POLICY; POLITICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885847577     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.015     Document Type: Note

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