Who is responsible for selecting children's fast food meals, and what impact does this have on energy content of the selected meals?

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 172-177

  Wellard, Lyndal ^a   Chapman, Kathy ^a   Wolfenden, Luke ^b   Dodds, Pennie ^b   Hughes, Clare ^a   Wiggers, John ^b  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer; Fast food; Menu labelling; Parent; Purchasing behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908702872     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1747-0080.12106     Document Type: Article

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