Responding to obesity in Brazil: Understanding the international and domestic politics of policy reform through a nested analytic approach to comparative analysis

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-99

  Gómez, Eduardo J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Obesity; Policy

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; OBESITY; POLITICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; DIET; FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84924666719     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2854588     Document Type: Article

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