… to poor quality food environments amplifies individual risk factors for obesity such as low …
the local food environment in producing the patterning of obesity by socioeconomic status. …

… Our finding that the local food environment is associated with risk for obesity is consistent
with previous research in the United States [12–18, 41]. In particular, our study and findings …

… report on research on physical activity and food environments, and it suggests how these
findings can be used to improve diet and physical activity and to control or reduce obesity. …

… of higher obesity odds. While our findings are consistent with other studies, measures of
the food environment have varied widely,40 with different criteria used for defining food store …

… the food environment around work or school might have a different underlying association
with obesity. Other aspects of the food environment that may impact obesity, such as food …

… , home, and individual food environments, based on a … food environment, food policy
environment or retail food store … food environment; rural food desert; rural food access; rural …

… questions regarding the contribution of the food environment to obesity. Independent of
physiological/genetic determinants, factors such as ED, cost, food form, palatability, variety, …

… a link between the retail food environment and the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in …
Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI)—that is, with greater availability of fast-food restaurants …

… between obesity rates and community food environment … obesity and the community or
consumer food environment is … of the environment, studies examining the consumer environment …

… Guidelines for Americans and obesity. By including a novel home food environment
variable, as well as rich measures of the neighborhood food environment, our study addressed …