Student access to competitive foods in elementary schools trends over time and regional differences

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-169

  Turner, Lindsey R ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPETITIVE FOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SALTY FOOD; SUGARY FOOD; SWEET FOOD; TREND STUDY; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD DISPENSERS, AUTOMATIC; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SODIUM, DIETARY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84856694585     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.837     Document Type: Article

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