Supermarket Shopping and Nutritional Outcomes: A Panel Data Analysis for Urban Kenya

World Development

Volumn 102, Issue , 2018, Pages 292-303

  Demmler, Kathrin M ^a   Ecker, Olivier ^b   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; dietary choices; obesity; overweight; panel data; supermarkets

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LIFESTYLE; MODERNIZATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PANEL DATA; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SUPERMARKET;

KENYA;

EID: 85026730305     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.018     Document Type: Article

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