Obesity and access to chain grocers

Economic Geography

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-452

  Chen, Susan ^a   Florax, Raymond J G M ^b   Snyder, Samantha ^b   Miller, Christopher C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Obesogenic environment; Spatial dependence

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HISTORY; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INCOME; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIANA; MARION COUNTY [INDIANA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958509526     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2010.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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