Nutritional quality at eight U.S. fast-food chains: 14-Year trends

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 589-594

  Hearst, Mary O ^a   Harnack, Lisa J ^b   Bauer, Katherine W ^c   Earnest, Alicia A ^b   French, Simone A ^b   Michael Oakes, J ^b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CALORIE; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTHY EATING INDEX; HUMAN; MEAT; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAST FOODS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877884115     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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