Erratum: Effectiveness of subsidies in promoting healthy food purchases and consumption: A review of field experiments (Public Health Nutrition DOI:10.1017/S1368980012004715);Effectiveness of subsidies in promoting healthy food purchases and consumption: A review of field experiments

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1215-1228

  An, Ruopeng ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Discount; Food; Subsidy; Voucher

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRANCE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLE; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; FRUIT; GERMANY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS; SNACKS; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84878457913     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002024     Document Type: Erratum

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