Addressing inequities in healthy eating

Health Promotion International

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages ii77-ii88

  Friel, Sharon ^a   Hattersley, Libby ^a   Ford, Laura ^a   O'Rourke, Kerryn ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet; inequalities in health; policy and implementation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84943565559     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav073     Document Type: Article

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