Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 426-433

  Dean, Wesley R ^a   Sharkey, Joseph R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Fruit and vegetable intake; Retail food environment; Rural and urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79955627990     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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