Big Food without big diets? Food regimes and Kenyan diets

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 265-279

  O'Neill K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big Food; diet; food regimes; Kenya; trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; KENYA; MARKET; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POLICY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84925266709     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2015.1007922     Document Type: Article

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