Complexities and opportunities in monitoring and evaluating US and global changes by the food industry

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S2, 2013, Pages 29-41

  Ng, S W ^a   Dunford, E ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global; Modern food supply; Nutrition; United States

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; CROWDSOURCING; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; CALORIC INTAKE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INCOME; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886289932     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12095     Document Type: Review

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