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Making Public Health Nutrition relevant to evidence-based action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Eric Brunner*
Affiliation:
International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK
Mike Rayner
Affiliation:
British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
Margaret Thorogood
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Barrie Margetts
Affiliation:
Public Health Nutrition, Institute of Human Nutrition, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
Lee Hooper
Affiliation:
Manchester Dental and Education Centre (MANDEC), University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester M15 6FH, UK
Carolyn Summerbell
Affiliation:
School of Health, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS1 3BA, UK
Elizabeth Dowler
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Gillian Hewitt
Affiliation:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Aileen Robertson
Affiliation:
Acting Regional Advisor for Nutrition, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
Martin Wiseman
Affiliation:
World Cancer Research Fund, London W1N 1DA, UK
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*Corresponding author: Email [email protected]
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