Orders of healthier children's items remain high more than two years after menu changes at a regional restaurant chain

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1885-1892

  Anzman Frasca, Stephanie ^a   Mueller, Megan P ^b   Lynskey, Vanessa M ^b   Harelick, Linda ^b   Economos, Christina D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREVALENCE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTHY DIET; MARYLAND; NEW JERSEY;

BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; RESTAURANTS;

EID: 84949199594     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0651     Document Type: Article

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