Economic constraints on taste formation and the true cost of healthy eating

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-41

  Daniel, Caitlin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Food choice; Food cost; Health disparities; Taste formation; United States; Waste

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; TASTE;

ADULT; CALORIE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONCEPTION; EATING HABIT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WASTE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRIENT; PURCHASING; SHOPPING; TASTE AVERSION; TASTE PREFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948799814     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.025     Document Type: Article

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