Comparison of food industry policies and commitments on marketing to children and product (re)formulation in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-319

  Sacks, Gary ^a   Mialon, Melissa ^a   Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^b   Trevena, Helen ^c   Snowdon, Wendy ^a,d   Crino, Michelle ^c   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non Communicable Diseases   (Fiji)

Author keywords

food industry; food marketing; policy; product reformulation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALORIC INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FIJI; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; INTERNET; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SALT INTAKE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOFT DRINK; SUGAR INTAKE;

EID: 84925194646     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.946888     Document Type: Article

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