Shopper marketing nutrition interventions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-120

  Payne, Collin R ^a   Niculescu, Mihai ^a   Just, David R ^b   Kelly, Michael P ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Paso Del Norte Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Fruit and vegetable purchases; Grocery store; Nutrition interventions; Shopper marketing; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BUDGET; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTIVATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PURCHASING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SHOPPER MARKETING; SHOPPING; SOCIAL MARKETING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84916887002     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.029     Document Type: Article

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