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Policy Councils on Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity: the UK as a case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Tim Lang ,
Geof Rayner ,
Mike Rayner ,
David Barling  and
Erik Millstone
Tim Lang*
Affiliation:
Department of Health Management & Food Policy, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK
Geof Rayner
Affiliation:
Department of Health Management & Food Policy, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK
Mike Rayner
Affiliation:
British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK
David Barling
Affiliation:
Department of Health Management & Food Policy, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK
Erik Millstone
Affiliation:
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Freeman Building, Falmer, Sussex, UK
*
*Corresponding author: Email t.lang@city.ac.uk
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Keywords

Food policy councilsNutrition policyOrganisationalreformPublic health
Type
Discussion Paper
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 11 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 2005

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