The association between socioeconomic status and adult fast-food consumption in the U.S.

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 12-25

  Zagorsky, Jay L ^a   Smith, Patricia K ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast food; Income; Socioeconomic status; Wealth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; CALORIC INTAKE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ENERGY INTAKE; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018408469     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.04.004     Document Type: Article

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