Journal article
The evolution of policy and actions to tackle obesity in England.
- Abstract:
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Tackling obesity has been a policy priority in England for more than 20 years. Two formal government strategies on obesity in 2008 and 2011 drew together a range of actions and developed new initiatives to fill perceived gaps. Today, a wide range of policies are in place, including support for breastfeeding and healthy weaning practices, nutritional standards in schools, restrictions on marketing foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children, schemes to boost participation in sport, active tr...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
Rockefeller Foundation
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University of North Carolina Nutrition Transition Program
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- John Wiley and Sons Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Journal website
- Volume:
- 14 Suppl 2
- Issue:
- S2
- Pages:
- 42-59
- Publication date:
- 2013-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-789X
- ISSN:
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1467-7881
- Source identifiers:
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437009
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:437009
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:437009
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Jebb et al
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
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Copyright 2013 Jebb et al. Obesity Reviews published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Obesity.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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