What is the public appetite for healthy eating policies? Evidence from a cross-European survey

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 267-292

  Mazzocchi, Mario ^a   Cagnone, Silvia ^a   Bech Larsen, Tino ^b   Niedźwiedzka, Barbara ^c   Saba, Anna ^d   Shankar, Bhavani ^e   Verbeke, Wim ^f   Traill, W Bruce ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHY EATING POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 84930066763     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133114000346     Document Type: Review

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