Progress on obesity prevention over 20 years in Australia and New Zealand

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue S2, 2013, Pages 60-68

  Swinburn, B ^a,b   Wood, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food industry; Government action; Policies; Programmes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CAPACITY BUILDING; DIET RESTRICTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MARKETING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MARKETING;

AUSTRALIA; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 84886295717     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12103     Document Type: Article

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