Examining Associations among Obesity and Per Capita Farmers' Markets, Grocery Stores/Supermarkets, and Supercenters in US Counties

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-572

  Jilcott, Stephanie B ^a   Keyserling, Thomas ^b   Crawford, Thomas ^a   McGuirt, Jared T ^a   Ammerman, Alice S ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79953038417     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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