Eating better for less: A national discount program for healthy food purchases in South Africa

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-61

  An, Ruopeng ^a   Patel, Deepak ^b,c   Segal, Darren ^c   Sturm, Roland ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Discovery Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diet; Discount; Financial incentive; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EATING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMERCE; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84865343583     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.37.1.6     Document Type: Article

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