The influence of gender, age, education and household size on meal preparation and food shopping responsibilities

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2061-2070

  Flagg, Lee A ^a   Sen, Bisakha ^b   Kilgore, Meredith ^b   Locher, Julie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Family roles; Food shopping; Meal preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COOKING; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COOKING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905247918     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002267     Document Type: Article

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