Stakeholders' Views on Factors Influencing Nutrition Policy: A Qualitative Study Across Ten European Countries

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 293-302

  Jeruszka Bielak, Marta ^a   Sicińska, Ewa ^a   Wit, Liesbeth De ^b   Ruprich, Jiří ^c   Rehůřková, Irena ^c   Brown, Kerry A ^b   Timotijevic, Lada ^b   Sonne, Anne Mette ^d   Haugaard, Pernille ^d   Guzzon, Antonella ^e   Garcia, Noé Brito ^f   Alevritou, Eleni ^g   Hermoso, Maria ^h   Sarmant, Yuliya ^h   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^d   Roszkowski, Wojciech ^a   Raats, Monique M ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e Hylobates Consulting Srl   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^g EKPIZO   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

factors; micronutrients; nutrition; policy actors; public health; qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950112020     PISSN: 12300322     EISSN: 20836007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/pjfns-2015-0039     Document Type: Article

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