Retail grocery store marketing strategies and obesity: An integrative review

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-512

  Glanz, Karen ^a   Bader, Michael D M ^b   Iyer, Shally ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Port of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; BODY MASS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EATING HABIT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; MARKETING; OBESITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84859950981     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.01.013     Document Type: Review

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