Diet cost, diet quality and socio-economic position: How are they related and what contributes to differences in diet costs?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1680-1692

  Rydén, Petra J ^a   Hagfors, Linda ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet cost; Diet quality; Food prices; Healthy eating index; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIET; EATING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; VEGETABLES;

EID: 82555173824     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003642     Document Type: Article

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