Associations between access to farmers' markets and supermarkets, shopping patterns, fruit and vegetable consumption and health indicators among women of reproductive age in eastern North Carolina, USA

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1944-1952

  Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a   McGuirt, Jared T ^b   Crawford, Thomas W ^a   Keyserling, Thomas C ^c   Ammerman, Alice S ^d,e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; POVERTY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMMERCE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885616083     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001389     Document Type: Article

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