The growing price gap between more and less healthy foods: Analysis of a novel longitudinal UK dataset

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Jones, Nicholas R V ^a   Conklin, Annalijn I ^a   Suhrcke, Marc ^a,b   Monsivais, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAN; BEVERAGE; BREAD; CALORIE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EGG; FISH; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PRICE; FRUIT; LIPID DIET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT; MILK; NUTRIENT; PASTA; POTATO; PROTEIN DIET; RICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; ORGANIC FOOD;

COMMERCE; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; GREAT BRITAIN;

EID: 84907842353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109343     Document Type: Article

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