‘Big Food’: taking a critical perspective on a global public health problem

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 245-247

  Williams, Simon N ^a   Nestle, Marion ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITION; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

EID: 84925053053     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2015.1021298     Document Type: Editorial

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