A free lunch or a walk back home? The school food environment and dietary behaviours among children and adolescents in Ghana

Food Security

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1073-1090

  Fernandes, Meenakshi ^a   Folson, Gloria ^b   Aurino, Elisabetta ^a   Gelli, Aulo ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Dietary quality; Food access; Food environments; School meals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN POLICY;

GHANA;

EID: 85030163513     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-017-0712-0     Document Type: Article

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