Healthy food availability and participation in WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) in food stores around lower- and higher-income elementary schools

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 960-964

  Tester, June M ^a   Yen, Irene H ^b   Pallis, Lauren C ^c   Laraia, Barbara A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; School food environment; Urban communities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFANT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

BEVERAGES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956159629     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003411     Document Type: Article

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