Thailand’s food retail transition: Supermarket and fresh market effects on diet quality and health

British Food Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1180-1193

  Kelly, Matthew ^a   Seubsman, Sam Ang ^a,b   Banwell, Cathy ^a   Dixon, Jane ^a   Sleigh, Adrian ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Developing countries; Nutrition transition; Retailers; Supermarkets; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926292493     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-08-2013-0210     Document Type: Article

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