Area deprivation and the food environment over time: A repeated cross-sectional study on takeaway outlet density and supermarket presence in Norfolk, UK, 1990-2008

Health and Place

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-147

  Maguire, Eva R ^a   Burgoine, Thomas ^a   Monsivais, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food environment; Inequalities; Socioeconomic status; Supermarket; Takeaway food outlet

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOOD; HUMAN; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FAST FOODS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84937758219     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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