Variation in supermarket exposure to energy-dense snack foods by socio-economic position

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1178-1185

  Cameron, Adrian J ^a   Thornton, Lukar E ^a   McNaughton, Sarah A ^a   Crawford, David ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disadvantage; Snack food; Socio economic status; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

AUSTRALIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FAST FOOD; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEGETABLE; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SNACKS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84878448981     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002649     Document Type: Article

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