The Influence of the WIC Food Package Changes on the Retail Food Environment in New Orleans

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3S, 2014, Pages

  Rose, Donald ^a   O'Malley, Keelia ^a   Dunaway, Lauren Futrell ^a   Bodor, J Nicholas ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Food supply; Policy; United States Department of Agriculture; WIC

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84899757921     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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