Food costs, diet quality and energy balance in the United States

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 134, Issue C, 2014, Pages 20-31

  Carlson, Andrea ^a   Frazão, Elizabeth ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer Expenditure Survey; Cost of healthy foods; ERS Food Expenditure Series; Food cost; Food deserts; Food prices; Food spending; Healthy diets; NHANES

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECONOMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMAN; OBESITY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897968275     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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