Obesity and diabetes, the built environment, and the 'local' food economy in the United States, 2007

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-42

  Salois, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Local' food; Community intervention; Diabetes; Famers' market; Food environment; Leverage points; Obesity; Outliers; Robust regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FAST FOOD; HUMAN; LOCAL FOOD ECONOMY; MARKET; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855284806     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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