Food Policy Interventions
Obesity is mainly associated with unhealthy eating and low levels of physical activity but also, increasingly, with social and economic development and policies in the areas of agriculture, transportation, urban planning, the environment, food processing,
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Tahereh Alavi Hojjat • Rata Hojjat
The Economics of Obesity Poverty, Income Inequality and Health
Tahereh Alavi Hojjat Chair and Professor of Economics DeSales University Center Valley, PA USA
Rata Hojjat Vice President of Group Copy Supervisor Harrison and Star New York, NY USA
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