Household fast food expenditures and children's television viewing: Can they really significantly influence children's dietary quality?

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 302-314

  You, Wen ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's diet and health; Fast food expenditures; Healthy eating index; Obesity; Television viewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044533554     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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