Low-cost foods: How do they compare with their brand name equivalents? A French study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 808-815

  Darmon, Nicole ^a,b,c   Caillavet, France ^d   Joly, Caroline ^a,b,c,d   Maillot, Matthieu ^a,b,c   Drewnowski, Adam ^e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INRA ALISS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Costs and cost analysis; Economics; Food; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRANCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BUDGET; COST; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

BUDGETS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD LABELING; FRANCE; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650714135     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003157     Document Type: Article

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