Contribution of food prices and diet cost to socioeconomic disparities in diet quality and health: A systematic review and analysis

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 643-660

  Darmon, Nicole ^a   Drewnowski, Adam ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet cost; Energy density; Food prices; Nutrient density; Nutrition economics; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CALORIE; DIET; ENERGY; FOOD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POVERTY; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CALORIC INTAKE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84947753820     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv027     Document Type: Article

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