Food prices are associated with dietary quality, fast food consumption, and body mass index among U.S. children and adolescents

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-311

  Beydoun, May A ^a,b   Powell, Lisa M ^c   Chen, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Youfa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COST; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMMERCE; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FIBER; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79251500027     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.132613     Document Type: Article

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