Towards healthy and sustainable food consumption: An Australian case study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1156-1166

  Friel, Sharon ^a   Barosh, Laurel J ^a   Lawrence, Mark ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary choice; Environmental sustainability; Food policy; Food security; Food systems; Health policy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; STANDARDS;

AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84897487995     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001523     Document Type: Article

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