The proportion of unhealthy foodstuffs children are exposed to at the checkout of convenience supermarkets

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2453-2458

  Horsley, Jason A ^a   Absalom, Katie A R ^b   Akiens, Evie M ^b   Dunk, Robert J ^b   Ferguson, Alice M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checkout; Childhood obesity; Deprivation; Public Health; Supermarket; Unhealthy

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAST FOOD; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKETING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FAST FOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MARKETING;

EID: 84910674655     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003571     Document Type: Article

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