Voluntary policies on checkout foods and healthfulness of foods displayed at, or near, supermarket checkout areas: A cross-sectional survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2018, Pages 3462-3468

  Lam, Chi Ching Vivian ^a   Ejlerskov, Katrine T ^b   White, Martin ^b   Adams, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food marketing; Food retailing; Supermarket; Voluntary commitments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENGLAND; HUMAN; MARKETING; NUTRIENT; PURCHASING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MARKETING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85055331653     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018002501     Document Type: Article

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