Navigating the urban food environment: Challenges and resilience of community-dwelling older adults

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 322-331

  Munoz Plaza, Corrine E ^a   Morland, Kimberly B ^b   Pierre, Jennifer A ^c   Spark, Arlene ^d   Filomena, Susan E ^b   Noyes, Philip ^c  

^a CMP consulting   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Minorities; Nutrition; Older adults; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84880040494     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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