Gains made by Walmart's healthier food initiative mirror preexisting trends

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1869-1876

  Taillie, Lindsey Smith ^a   Ng, Shu Wen ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CONSUMER; ENERGY; FAST FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PURCHASING; TREND STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHY DIET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD LABELING; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949237570     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0072     Document Type: Article

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