Campus food and beverage purchases are associated with indicators of diet quality in college students living off campus

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-87

  Pelletier, Jennifer E ^a   Laska, Melissa N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Colleges and universities; Fast food; Food environment; Format: Research; Geographic location; Health focus: Nutrition; Nutrition; Outcome measure: Behavioral; Prevention research; Race ethnicity; Research purpose: Modeling relationship testing; Setting: School; Strategy: Skill building behavior change; Study design: Nonexperimental; Target population age: Adults; Target population circumstances: Education income level; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887250344     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.120705-QUAN-326     Document Type: Article

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