The role of urban food policy in preventing diet-related non-communicable diseases in CapeTown and New York

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 327-335

  Libman, K ^a,b   Freudenberg, N ^a,b   Sanders, D ^a,b   Puoane, T ^a,b   Tsolekile, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet related diseases; Municipal policy; Non communicable diseases; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SUPPLY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN POLICY;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD POLICY; FOOD QUALITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW FAT DIET; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; POVERTY; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAPE TOWN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CITIES; DIET; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEW YORK CITY; NUTRITION POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84928214162     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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