High tax on high energy dense foods and its effects on the purchase of calories in a supermarket. An experiment

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 760-765

  Nederkoorn, Chantal ^a   Havermans, Remco C ^a   Giesen, Janneke C A H ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy density; Macronutrients; Obesity; Purchases; Social economical status (SES); Tax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BUDGET; CALORIC DENSITY; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARKET; NORMAL HUMAN; TAX;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 79953281470     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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