Sociodemographic factors associated with healthy eating and food security in socio-economically disadvantaged groups in the UK and Victoria, Australia

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-30

  Thornton, Lukar E ^a   Pearce, Jamie R ^b   Ball, Kylie ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Eating behaviours; Food security; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VICTORIA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889781819     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000347     Document Type: Article

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