Local food prices and their associations with children's weight and food security

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-430

  Morrissey, Taryn W ^a   Jacknowitz, Alison ^a   Vinopal, Katie ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food prices; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANNED FOOD; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF LIVING; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FAST FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; HUMAN; LINEAR PROBABILITY MODEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT DRINK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD PRICES; OBESITY;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84895190385     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1963     Document Type: Article

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