Using the food stamp program and other methods to promote healthy diets for low-income consumers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1562-1564

  Shenkin, Jonathan D ^a   Jacobson, Michael F ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Science in the Public Interest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956237338     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.198549     Document Type: Editorial

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