Analysis of the corporate political activity of major food industry actors in Fiji

Globalization and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mialon, Melissa ^a   Swinburn, Boyd ^a,b   Wate, Jillian ^c   Tukana, Isimeli ^d   Sacks, Gary ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^d Ministry of Health   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Corporate political activity; Food industry; Non communicable diseases; Policy

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FIJI; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHICS; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRENDS;

FIJI;

DIET; FIJI; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84968764845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0158-8     Document Type: Article

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