Importance of government policies and other influences in transforming global diets

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 591-604

  Traill, W Bruce ^a   Mazzocchi, Mario ^b   Shankar, Bhavani ^c   Hallam, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Food; Globalization; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSUMER; COST; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITION; OBESITY; TAX; URBANIZATION;

DIET; FOOD; GLOBALIZATION; POLICY;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84906512317     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12134     Document Type: Article

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