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The role of foreign direct investment in the nutrition transitionCorinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2033 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Public Health Nutr 8:357-65. 2005..FDI can, however, bring considerable benefits as well as risks. Through its position 'upstream', FDI would therefore be an appropriate entry-point to implement a range of public health policies to 'redirect' the nutrition transition...
Trade liberalization and the diet transition: a public health responseGeof Rayner
City University, London, UK
Health Promot Int 21:67-74. 2006..Finally, we offer three scenarios for change, suggesting the need for more effective 'food governance' and engagement by public health advocates in policy making in the food and agriculture arena...
Agriculture and health: overview, themes, and moving forwardCorinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Food Nutr Bull 28:S221-6. 2007
Promoting healthy diets and tackling obesity and diet-related chronic diseases: what are the agricultural policy levers?Corinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Food Nutr Bull 28:S312-22. 2007..Diet-related chronic diseases are now a serious global public health problem. Public health groups are calling for the agricultural sector to play a greater role in tackling the threat...
Regulating and litigating in the public interest: regulating food marketing to young people worldwide: trends and policy driversCorinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1962-73. 2007..Still, there have been few new regulations that restrict food marketing to young people. Despite calls for evidence-based policy, new regulatory developments appear to have been driven less by evidence than by ethics...
Agro-food industry growth and obesity in China: what role for regulating food advertising and promotion and nutrition labelling?C Hawkes
Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
Obes Rev 9:151-61. 2008....
The links between agriculture and health: an intersectoral opportunity to improve the health and livelihoods of the poorCorinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Bull World Health Organ 84:984-90. 2006..Health and agricultural researchers likewise need to work more closely together to achieve common goals...
The food, fuel, and financial crises affect the urban and rural poor disproportionately: a review of the evidenceMarie T Ruel
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
J Nutr 140:170S-6S. 2010..Using these early coping strategies as early warning indicators could help prevent dramatic losses in welfare...
Implications of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement for the nutrition transition in Central AmericaCorinna Hawkes
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D C, United States of America
Rev Panam Salud Publica 24:345-60. 2008..To identify potential impacts of the Central America-Dominican Republic-Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) on food consumption patterns associated with the nutrition transition, obesity, and diet-related chronic diseases...
The global burden of chronic diseases: overcoming impediments to prevention and controlDerek Yach
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
JAMA 291:2616-22. 2004..A more concerted, strategic, and multisectoral policy approach, underpinned by solid research, is essential to help reverse the negative trends in the global incidence of chronic disease...
The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: implications for global epidemics of food-related deaths and diseaseDerek Yach
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
J Public Health Policy 24:274-90. 2003....
