How does time poverty affect behavior? A look at eating and physical activity

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-105

  Kalenkoski, Charlene M ^a   Hamrick, Karen S ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; American Time Use Survey; Discretionary time; Eating and Health Module; Eating patterns; Energy balance; Exercise; Fast food; Time poverty; Time use; Time poor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874130260     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps034     Document Type: Article

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