Resistant to the recession: Low-income adults' maintenance of cooking and away-from-home eating behaviors during times of economic turbulence

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 840-846

  Smith, Lindsey P ^a   Ng, Shu Wen ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b University Square ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898606351     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301677     Document Type: Article

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