Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing Patterns and Preferences in South Delhi

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Finzer, Lauren E ^a   Ajay, Vamadevan S ^a,b   Ali, Mohammed K ^c   Shivashankar, Roopa ^a   Goenka, Shifalika ^b   Sharma, Praggya ^a   Pillai, Divya S ^a   Khandelwal, Shweta ^a,b   Tandon, Nikhil ^d   Reddy, K Srinath ^b   Narayan, K M Venkat ^c   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e Center for Cardio metabolic Risk Reduction in South Asia   (India)

Author keywords

access; affordability; food purchasing; fruit and vegetables

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD MARKET; FRUIT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; DIET; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETABLES;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84871889792     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.705757     Document Type: Article

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