Attacking the obesity epidemic: The potential health benefits of providing nutrition information in restaurants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1669-1675

  Burton, Scot ^a   Creyer, Elizabeth H ^a   Kees, Jeremy ^b   Huggins, Kyle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 33748033042     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.054973     Document Type: Article

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