Disparities in obesity prevalence due to variation in the retail food environment: Three testable hypotheses

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 216-228

  Ford, Paula B ^a   Dzewaltowski, David A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Food access; Food environment; Neighborhood effects; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449083514     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00026.x     Document Type: Review

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