Weighing in: The taste-engineering frame in obesity expert discourse

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 554-559

  Ortiz, Selena E ^a,b,d   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a   Gilliam, Franklin D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MARKETING; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TASTE; UNITED STATES;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MARKETING; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TASTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922702886     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302273     Document Type: Article

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