Cost of eating: Whole foods versus convenience foods in a low-income model

Family Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-284

  McDermott, Andrew J ^a   Stephens, Mark B ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DAIRY PRODUCT; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENU PLANNING; POVERTY; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77950655259     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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