The Impact of WIC Food Package Changes on Access to Healthful Food in 2 Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-216

  Hillier, Amy ^a   McLaughlin, Jacqueline ^a   Cannuscio, Carolyn C ^a   Chilton, Mariana ^b   Krasny, Sarah ^a   Karpyn, Allison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Food Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Geographic information systems; NEMS S; WIC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84860360748     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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