Policy insights from the nutritional food market transformation model: The case of obesity prevention

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1331, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-75

  Struben, Jeroen ^a   Chan, Derek ^a   Dubé, Laurette ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrifood innovation; Market formation; Obesity; Overnutrition; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONSUMER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALNUTRITION; MODEL; NUTRITIONAL FOOD MARKET TRANSFORMATION MODEL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; POLICY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FOOD; HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CANADA; COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 84923071883     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12381     Document Type: Article

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