'We eat together; Today she buys, tomorrow i will buy the food': Adolescent best friends' food choices and dietary practices in Soweto, South Africa

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-567

  Voorend, Carlijn G N ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b   Griffiths, Paula L ^b,c   Sedibe, Modiehi H ^b   Westerman, Marjan J ^a   Doak, Colleen M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent behaviour; Eating; Obesity; Peer group; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872965789     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003254     Document Type: Article

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