Relative and absolute availability of healthier food and beverage alternatives across communities in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2170-2178

  Zenk, Shannon N ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^b   Rimkus, Leah ^c   Isgor, Zeynep ^c   Barker, Dianne C ^d   Ohri Vachaspati, Punam ^e   Chaloupka, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

^d Barker Bi Coastal Health Consultants   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; BEVERAGE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

BEVERAGES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907855616     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302113     Document Type: Article

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