Relationship of mother and child food purchases as a function of price: A pilot study

Appetite

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Epstein, Leonard H ^a   Dearing, Kelly K ^a   Handley, Elizabeth A ^a   Roemmich, James N ^a   Paluch, Rocco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Elasticity; Obesity; Parenting; Purchases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33746044887     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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