The correlation between supermarket size and national obesity prevalence

BMC Obesity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Cameron, Adrian J ^a   Waterlander, Wilma E ^b   Svastisalee, Chalida M ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food environment; Store size; Supermarket

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MARKET; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84999441689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40608-014-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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