Observational studyBMC public health2016
Associations between the neighbourhood food environment, neighbourhood socioeconomic status, and diet quality: An observational study.
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- The association between neighborhood socioeconomic status and breast cancer incidence and mortality risk: a large-scale cohort studies systematic review and meta-analysis.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Pooled it
- Food environment research in Canada: a rapid review of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of neighbourhood food environment on diet and obesity in China: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Neighbourhood retail food outlet access, diet and body mass index in Canada: a systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Socioeconomic Differences in the Association between the Food Environment and Dietary Behaviors.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Health-related outcomes of new grocery store interventions: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2017Pooled it
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- The association between living environment and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest risk in adults: the perspective of daily-life contexts.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Association between neighbourhood food environment and dietary quality among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Heliyon · 2025Article
- Individual- and neighborhood-level factors influencing diet quality: a multilevel analysis using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 2010-2019.Epidemiology and health · 2025Article
- Association of MIND diet with cognitive decline among Black and White older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Determinants of food insecurity among adults residing in peri-urban municipal settings in Flanders, Belgium.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Place of Residence Is Associated with Dietary Intake and BMI-SDS in Children and Adolescents: Findings from the DONALD Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe neighbourhood environment may play an important role in diet quality. Most previous research has examined the associations between neighbourhood food environment and diet quality, and neighbourhood socioeconomic status and diet quality separately. This study investigated the independent and joint effects of neighbourhood food environment and neighbourhood socioeconomic status in relation to diet quality in Canadian adults.
methodsWe undertook a cross-sectional study with n = 446 adults in Calgary, Alberta (Canada). Individual-level data on diet and socio-demographic and health-related characteristics were captured from two self-report internet-based questionnaires, the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II (C-DHQ II) and the Past Year Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ). Neighbourhood environment data were derived from dissemination area level Canadian Census data, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) databases. Neighbourhood was defined as a 400 m network-based 'walkshed' around each participant's household. Using GIS we objectively-assessed the density, diversity, and presence of specific food destination types within the participant's walkshed. A seven variable socioeconomic deprivation index was derived from Canadian Census variables and estimated for each walkshed. The Canadian adapted Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI), used to assess diet quality was estimated from food intakes reported on C-DHQ II. Multivariable linear regression was used to test for associations between walkshed food environment variables, walkshed socioeconomic status, and diet quality (C-HEI), adjusting for individual level socio-demographic and health-related covariates. Interaction effects between walkshed socioeconomic status and walkshed food environment variables on diet quality (C-HEI) were also tested.
resultsAfter adjustment for covariates, food destination density was positively associated with the C-HEI (β 0.06, 95 % CI 0.01-0.12, p = 0.04) though the magnitude of the association was small. Walkshed socioeconomic status was not significantly associated with the C-HEI. We found no statistically significant interactions between walkshed food environment variables and socioeconomic status in relation to the C-HEI. Self-reported physical and mental health, time spent in neighbourhood, and dog ownership were also significantly (p < .05) associated with diet quality.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that larger density of local food destinations may is associated with better diet quality in adults.
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