Turning point for US diets? Recessionary effects or behavioral shifts in foods purchased and consumed

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 609-616

  Ng, Shu Wen ^a,b   Slining, Meghan M ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CHILD; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PURCHASING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OBESITY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896690365     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.072892     Document Type: Article

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