Associations of supermarket accessibility with obesity and fruit and vegetable consumption in the conterminous United States

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Michimi, Akihiko ^a   Wimberly, Michael C ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LOGISTICS; MARKET SYSTEM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957599271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-49     Document Type: Article

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