Peer influence on youth's snack purchases: A laboratory analog of convenience store shopping

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-239

  Salvy, Sarah Jeanne ^a   Kluczynski, Melissa A ^b   Nitecki, Lauren A ^b   O'Connor, Briannon C ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Peer influence; Snack food purchases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PURCHASING; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEER GROUP; TAXES;

EID: 84861773418     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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