The economics of food choice behavior: Why poverty and obesity are linked

Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop Series

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-112

  Drewnowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INCOME; OBESITY; POVERTY; UNITED STATES;

BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; INCOME; OBESITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876421189     PISSN: 16642147     EISSN: 16642155     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000341303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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