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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Public attitudes to government intervention to regulate food advertising, especially to children

Narelle M. Berry A B E , Patricia Carter C , Rebecca Nolan C , Eleonora Dal Grande D and Sue Booth A
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A Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

B Present address: Norwich Medical School, Floor 2, Bob Champion Research and Education Building, James Watson Road, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, UK.

C Public Health and Clinical Systems, South Australian Department for Health and Ageing, PO Box 287, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.

D Population Research and Outcomes Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: n.berry@uea.ac.uk

Health Promotion Journal of Australia 28(1) 85-87 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE16065
Submitted: 9 June 2016  Accepted: 11 November 2016   Published: 9 February 2017


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