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Impact of neighbourhood food environment on diet and obesity in China: a systematic review.
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- Contextualized urban food environment research.Nature food · 2026Article
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- Unveiling the obesogenic neighborhood food environment factors and typologies in Tianjin, China: an integrative analysis of perceived and objective measures.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Spatial analysis of fast-food accessibility and obesity among adults in Malaysia nationwide.PloS one · 2025Article
- Impact of the Neighborhood Food Environment on Dietary Intake and Obesity: a Review of the Recent Literature.Current diabetes reports · 2023Review
- Adult food choices in association with the local retail food environment and food access in resource-poor communities: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Neighborhood Food Environment and Children's BMI: A New Framework with Structural Equation Modeling.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Validation of retail food outlet data from a Danish government inspection database.Nutrition journal · 2022Article
- An N-Shaped Association between Population Density and Abdominal Obesity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The social determinants of health influencing obesity for the aged in the Pakpoon community context: A qualitative study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2022Article
- Association between neighborhood food environment and dietary diversity score among older people in Beijing, China: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- An Indicator Measuring the Influence of the Online Public Food Environment: An Analytical Framework and Case Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Association of dietary intake, physical activity, and sedentary behaviours with overweight and obesity among 282,213 adolescents in 89 low and middle income to high-income countries.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Gaps and priorities in assessment of food environments for children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.Nature food · 2021Review
- The good, the bad, and the environment: developing an area-based measure of access to health-promoting and health-constraining environments in New Zealand.International journal of health geographics · 2021Article
- Association between Neighborhood Food Environment and Body Mass Index among Older Adults in Beijing, China: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study systematically reviewed literature on the neighbourhood food environment in relation to diet and obesity among residents in China.
designA keyword search of peer-reviewed articles was performed in Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Web of Science. Eligibility criteria include study designs: longitudinal/cohort studies or cross-sectional studies; study participants: people of all ages; exposures: neighbourhood food environment (e.g. restaurants, supermarkets, wet markets, fast-food restaurants, or convenience stores); outcomes: diet and/or body weight status; and country: China.
resultsSeventeen studies met all criteria and were included. Among the eight studies that assessed the neighbourhood food environment in relation to diet, six reported at least one statistically significant relationship in the expected direction, whereas the remaining two exclusively reported null effects. Among the eleven studies that assessed the neighbourhood food environment in relation to body weight or overweight/obesity, ten reported a significant association whereas the remaining one reported a null relationship. Variety, density, and proximity of food outlets were positively associated with local residents' dietary diversity, portion size, and daily caloric intake. Density and proximity of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores were positively associated with local residents' adiposity in some but not all studies. Evidence linking any specific food outlet type to diet/obesity remains lacking due to the small number of studies and heterogeneities in food environment measures, geographical locations, and population subgroups.
conclusionsThe neighbourhood food environment may influence diet and obesity among Chinese residents but the evidence remains preliminary. Future studies adopting an experimental study design and objective/validated environment and dietary measures are warranted.
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