The impact of interventions to promote healthier ready-to-eat meals (to eat in, to take away or to be delivered) sold by specific food outlets open to the general public: a systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 227-246

  Hillier Brown, F C ^a,b   Summerbell, C D ^a,b   Moore, H J ^a,b   Routen, A ^c   Lake, A A ^a,b   Adams, J ^d   White, M ^d,e   Araujo Soares, V ^b,e   Abraham, C ^f   Adamson, A J ^b,e   Brown, T J ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; food environments; ready to eat meals; restaurants; systematic review; takeaways

Indexed keywords

CALORIE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; READY TO EAT MEAL; REVIEW; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTHY DIET; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FAST FOODS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 85008881137     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12479     Document Type: Review

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