Regional obesity determinants in the United States: A model of myopic addictive behavior in food consumption

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Miljkovic, Dragan ^a   Nganje, William ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopic addiction; Obesity; Sweet foods

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; FAT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43549127097     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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