How much time do Americans spend on food?

Americans and Food Choices: Select Research on Time and Diet

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-85

  Hamrick, Karen S ^a   Andrews, Margaret ^a   Guthrie, Joanne ^a   Hopkins, David ^a   McClelland, Ket ^a  

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Author keywords

American time use survey; BMI; Eating patterns; Food stamp program; Grocery shopping; Meal preparation; Multitasking; National school lunch program; Obesity; School meals; SNAP; Time diary; Time use; Time use survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896435045     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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