Journal article
Assessing the options for local government to use legal approaches to combat obesity in the UK: putting theory into practice.
- Abstract:
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The law is recognized as a powerful tool to address some of the structural determinants of chronic disease, including 'obesogenic' environments which are a major factor in the increasing prevalence of obesity worldwide. However, it is often local - as opposed to national - government that has responsibility for an environment, including the built environment, and their role in reducing obesity using law remains relatively unexplored. With the English government shifting emphasis for improveme...
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- Journal:
- Obes Rev
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 660-667
- Place of publication:
- England
- Publication date:
- 2011-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-789X
- ISSN:
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1467-7881
- Source identifiers:
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163597
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:163597
- UUID:
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uuid:88240e99-3cc1-40a0-9f49-2d8c1d586ee5
- Local pid:
- pubs:163597
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- PubMed ID: 21426480
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