Public opinion and the politics of obesity in America.
Health policy experts have recently sounded the warning about the severe health and economic consequences of America's growing rates of obesity. Despite this fact, obesity has only begun to enter America's political consciousness and we have little information about what average Americans think of o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 923 - 955 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Duke University Press
Oct2005
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