Regional price differences and food consumption frequency among elementary school children

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Sturm, R ^a   Datar, A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Food prices; Geographic variation; Multilevel models; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COMMODITY PRICE; DIET; FOOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; OBESITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COST; COST OF LIVING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COST; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MILK; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COMMERCE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79952537829     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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