Action on sugar-lessons from UK salt reduction programme

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9921, 2014, Pages 929-931

  MacGregor, Graham A ^a   Hashem, Kawther M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SALT INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED KINGDOM; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FATTY LIVER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PORTION SIZE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR RESTRICTION; TASTE BUD; TAX; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR; SWEETENING AGENT; YOGHURT;

EID: 84896115922     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60200-2     Document Type: Note

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