Strengthening of accountability systems to create healthy food environments and reduce global obesity

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9986, 2015, Pages 2534-2545

  Swinburn, Boyd ^a,b   Kraak, Vivica ^b,c   Rutter, Harry ^d   Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^a   Lobstein, Tim ^e   Sacks, Gary ^b   Gomes, Fabio ^f   Marsh, Tim ^g   Magnusson, Roger ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD OBESITY FEDERATION   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^g UK Health Forum   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY MASS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSUMER; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; MARKETING; MEAT; MONITORING; NUTRITION; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESPONSIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STANDARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84931576825     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61747-5     Document Type: Review

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