Positive attitude toward healthy eating predicts higher diet quality at all cost levels of supermarkets

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-272

  Aggarwal, Anju ^a   Monsivais, Pablo ^b   Cook, Andrea J ^a,c   Drewnowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR)   (United Kingdom)

^c GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude toward healthy eating; Cost level of supermarkets; Diet quality; Fruit and vegetable intake; Supermarket access and food environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TOWARD HEALTHY EATING; CALORIC INTAKE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; COST LEVEL OF SUPERMARKETS; DIET; DIET QUALITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPERMARKET ACCESS AND FOOD ENVIRONMENT; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ATTITUDE TOWARD HEALTHY EATING; COST LEVEL OF SUPERMARKETS; DIET QUALITY; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE; SUPERMARKET ACCESS AND FOOD ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VEGETABLES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84892526872     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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