Processed foods available in the Pacific Islands

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Snowdon, Wendy ^a   Raj, Astika ^b   Reeve, Erica ^c   Guerrero, Rachael L T ^d   Fesaitu, Jioje ^e   Cateine, Katia ^f   Guignet, Charlene ^g  

^a FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^b FNU (Tamavua campus)   (Fiji)

^c Independent researcher ^*  (Samoa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^e Ministry of Health   (Nauru)

^f RESIR   (New Caledonia)

^g Independent consultant   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Pacific Islands; Processed foods

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FIJI; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; GUAM; INFORMATION; MARKET; NAURU; NEW CALEDONIA; NUTRIENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOA; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

FIJI; GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; NAURU; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; SAMOA;

COMMERCE; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 84886208111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-53     Document Type: Article

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