Downsizing: Policy options to reduce portion sizes to help tackle obesity

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Marteau, Theresa M ^a   Hollands, Gareth J ^a   Shemilt, Ian ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL SECTOR ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR ENVIRONMENT; REDUCE PORTION SIZE; UNCERTAINTY; PORTION SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PORTION SIZE;

EID: 84952897689     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5863     Document Type: Article

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