An exploratory investigation of college students' attitudes toward California's new menu-labeling law

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Avcibasioglu, Pinar ^a   Cardinale, Jessica ^a   Dommeyer, Curt J ^a   Lebioda Skoczen, Violetta ^a   Liu Schettig, Julie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent Obesity; Menu Labeling; Nutrition Labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251513605     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v27i1.906     Document Type: Article

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