Beyond nutrition and agriculture policy: Collaborating for a food policy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue , 2014, Pages S65-S74

  Stewart, Derek ^a,b   Kennedy, Anne ^c   Pavel, Anthony ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food policy; Nutrition; Oats

Indexed keywords

AGING; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POLICY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NUTRITION; POLICY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; COOPERATION; DIET; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

AGRICULTURE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84910637411     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451400230X     Document Type: Article

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