To legislate or not to legislate? A comparison of the UK and South African approaches to the development and implementation of salt reduction programs

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3672-3695

  Charlton, Karen ^a   Webster, Jacqui ^b,c   Kowal, Paul ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

^d WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food policy; Food supply; Legislation; Salt reduction; South Africa; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; LAW; MODEL; NUTRITION SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SALT MODEL; SALT REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; FAST FOOD; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

SALT INTAKE; SODIUM;

DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; FAST FOODS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84907215673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6093672     Document Type: Review

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