Association between fast food purchasing and the local food environment

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue DECEMBER, 2012, Pages

  Thornton, Lukar E ^a   Kavanagh, A M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area level disadvantage; Eating behaviours; Fast food; Food environment; Multilevel study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SEA FOOD; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84881121237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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