ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2020
The Local Food Environment and Obesity: Evidence from Three Cities.
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- Using spatial analysis to examine inequalities and temporal trends in food retail accessibility.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic characteristics help predict Canadian urbanites' acceptability of restaurant food environment policies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Impact of the Neighborhood Food Environment on Dietary Intake and Obesity: a Review of the Recent Literature.Current diabetes reports · 2023Review
- Local Food Environment and Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods: Cross-Sectional Data from the Nutritionists' Health Study-NutriHS.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The association of unhealthy and healthy food store accessibility with obesity prevalence among adults in the Netherlands: A spatial analysis.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Neighborhood Greenspace and Socioeconomic Risk are Associated with Diabetes Risk at the Sub-neighborhood Scale: Results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- 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
- Time Distances to Residential Food Amenities and Daily Walking Duration: A Cross-Sectional Study in Two Low Tier Chinese Cities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Food Addiction and Psychosocial Adversity: Biological Embedding, Contextual Factors, and Public Health Implications.Nutrients · 2020Review
- The Diabetes Location, Environmental Attributes, and Disparities Network: Protocol for Nested Case Control and Cohort Studies, Rationale, and Baseline Characteristics.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to identify the association between the food environment and obesity.
methodsBMI and waist circumference (WC) were measured in 8,076 participants from three cities. The number of fast-food restaurants, full-service restaurants, bars/pubs, markets, and liquor stores within 500 m of each participant was documented. The association between the food environment (ratio of fast-food to full-service restaurants, ratio of bars/pubs to liquor stores, and presence of markets) with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m
resultsThe ratios of fast-food to full-service restaurants and of bars/pubs to liquor stores were positively associated with obesity (OR = 1.05 [CI: 1.02-1.09] and OR = 1.08 [CI: 1.04-1.13], respectively). The ratio of bars/pubs to liquor stores was positively associated with abdominal obesity (OR = 1.10 [CI: 1.05-1.14]). There was no association between markets and either obesity or abdominal obesity.
conclusionsFeatures of the food environment have varying associations with obesity. These features have an additive effect, and future studies should not focus on only one feature in isolation.
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