Association of supermarket characteristics with the body mass index of their shoppers

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lear, Scott A ^a,b   Gasevic, Danijela ^a   Schuurman, Nadine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Division of Cardiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Food basket; Obesity; Shoppers; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREAL; FOOD; FOOD STORAGE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCOME; MARKET; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; SHOPPER; SHOPPING; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84881301199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-117     Document Type: Article

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