Why Americans eat what they do: Taste, nutrition, cost, convenience, and weight control concerns as influences on food consumption

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1118-1126

  Glanz, Karen ^a,e   Basil, Michael ^b   Maibach, Edward ^c   Goldberg, Jeanne ^d   Snyder, Dan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c Porter Novelli   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TASTE PREFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031697251     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00260-0     Document Type: Article

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