'Competitive' food and beverage policies: Are they influencing childhood overweight trends?

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-446

  Sanchez Vaznaugh, Emma V ^a,b   Sánchez, Brisa N ^c   Baek, Jonggyu ^c   Crawford, Patricia B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; POLICY; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 77956283760     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0745     Document Type: Article

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