The local food environment and diet: A systematic review

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1172-1187

  Caspi, Caitlin E ^a,b   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food environment; GIS; Measurement; Neighborhood; Survey

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SELECTION; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD;

ARTICLE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84864799070     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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