Low-income purchase selections : what is the price of choosing healthier alternatives?

The primary hypothesis of this study was that low-income individuals purchase more packaged foods of lower healthiness and lower price compared to similar packaged foods of higher healthiness and higher price. The Nutrition Metric was chosen as the system to measure the nutritional value of foods be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magness, Allison Ann
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-08-6121