How much priority is given to nutrition and health in the EU Common Agricultural Policy?

Food Policy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-23

  Walls, Helen L ^a,b,c   Cornelsen, Laura ^a,b   Lock, Karen ^a,b   Smith, Richard D ^a,b  

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

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Common Agricultural Policy; European Union; Non communicable disease; Nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DISEASE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EUROPE;

EID: 84952845562     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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