Social Norms and the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables across New York City Neighborhoods

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 244-255

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Zhang, Donglan ^c   Pagán, José A ^a,b,d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Neighborhoods; Nutrition education; Social norms; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL NORMS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960129610     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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