Obesity and the community food environment: A systematic review

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-405

  Holsten, Joanna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Community; Consumer; Environment; Food environment; Food outlets; Nutrition environment; Obesity; Overweight; Restaurants; Stores

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; OBESITY; RESTAURANTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63849215303     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002267     Document Type: Review

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