Do healthier foods and diet patterns cost more than less healthy options? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Rao, Mayuree ^a,b   Afshin, Ashkan ^b   Singh, Gitanjali ^b   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN; SODIUM CARBONATE;

COST; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; GRAIN; HUMAN; MEAT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRIENT; PURCHASING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84892581058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004277     Document Type: Review

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