Shopping for fruits and vegetables. Food and retail qualities of importance to low-income households at the grocery store

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-303

  Webber, Caroline B ^a   Sobal, Jeffery ^b   Dollahite, Jamie S ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Nutritional Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Food choice; Food policy; Fruits and vegetables; Grocery store; Household food security; Low income; Shopping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SHOPPING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 76949097201     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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