Research and lobbying conflicting on the issue of a front-of-pack nutrition labelling in France

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Julia, Chantal ^a,b   Hercberg, Serge ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Agro industry; Front of pack nutrition labels; Lobbies; Public health policies

Indexed keywords

FRANCE; HUMAN; LOBBYING; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84999266417     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0162-8     Document Type: Note

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