Poverty, Household Food Insecurity and Obesity in Children

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Evidence Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 129-137

  Burns, Cate ^a   Jones, Sonya J ^b   Frongillo, Edward A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial stress in developing countries; Food insecurity and child's well being impact; Household food insecurity, and consequences; Low income households obesity determining factors; Poverty severe deprivation of basic human needs; Poverty and food insecurity obesity prevalence in children; Poverty, household food insecurity and obesity in children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868138672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318517.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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