Purchases of food in youth: Influence of price and income

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-89

  Epstein, Leonard H ^a   Handley, Elizabeth A ^a   Dearing, Kelly K ^a   Cho, David D ^b   Roemmich, James N ^a   Paluch, Rocco A ^a   Raja, Samina ^b   Pak, Youngju ^b   Spring, Bonnie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33645058183     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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