Public health sector and food industry interaction: it's time to clarify the term 'partnership' and be honest about underlying interests
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- 15 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 21 (4) , 400-401
Abstract
In the context of concerns about unhealthy diets, obesity and chronic diseases in Europe and around the world, the food industry is making a growing number of pledges to be ‘part of the solution’. Governments, too, are looking for ways to promote healthy eating at the population-level.Keywords
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