Diet and perceptions change with supermarket introduction in a food desert, but not because of supermarket use

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1858-1868

  Dubowitz, Tamara ^a   Ghosh Dastidar, Madhumita ^a   Cohen, Deborah A ^a   Beckman, Robin ^a   Steiner, Elizabeth D ^a   Hunter, Gerald P ^a   Flórez, Karen R ^a   Huang, Christina ^a   Vaughan, Christine A ^a   Sloan, Jennifer C ^a   Zenk, Shannon N ^b   Cummins, Steven ^c   Collins, Rebecca L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD DESERT; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTHY DIET; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85021052710     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0667     Document Type: Article

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