Household income, food insecurity and nutrition in Canadian youth

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-99

  Mark, Sean ^a   Lambert, Marie ^b   O'Loughlin, Jennifer ^b   Gray Donald, Katherine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Diet; Food insecurity; Household income

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CANADA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84860827145     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404210     Document Type: Article

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