Improving access to healthy food in cities

ML Wang, M Otis - Urban Health, 2019 - books.google.com
Substantial evidence now exists that the food environment is associated with health. 1–3
This makes healthy food environments in urban settings a priority nationally and globally …

The association of the healthy eating index with risk of colorectal cancers (overall and by subsite) among Canadians

RS Arthur, VA Kirsh, TE Rohan - Cancer Epidemiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Healthy dietary patterns characterized by high intake of fruits and vegetables,
grains/cereals, and lean meat/fish, and low intake of red/processed meats and refined …

Geographic variation in colorectal cancer survival and the role of small-area socioeconomic deprivation: a multilevel survival analysis of the NIH-AARP Diet and …

M Lian, M Schootman, CA Doubeni… - American journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Adverse socioeconomic conditions, at both the individual and the neighborhood level,
increase the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) death, but little is known regarding whether …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal associations between objective and perceived healthy food environment and diet: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

X Gao, J Engeda, LV Moore, AH Auchincloss… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Research examining the influence of neighborhood healthy food environment
on diet has been mostly cross-sectional and has lacked robust characterization of the food …

[HTML][HTML] Association of change in the neighborhood obesogenic environment with colorectal cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

YB Shvetsov, S Shariff-Marco, J Yang, SM Conroy… - SSM-population …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Neighborhood environment has been associated with health behaviors.
Despite the evidence of the influence of neighborhood social and physical factors on cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer: results from a Canadian population-based study

Z Chen, PP Wang, J Woodrow, Y Zhu, B Roebothan… - Nutrition journal, 2015 - Springer
Background The relationship between major dietary patterns and colorectal cancer (CRC) in
other populations largely remains consistent across studies. The objective of the present …

Dietary patterns and risk of colorectal cancer: analysis by tumor location and molecular subtypes

RS Mehta, M Song, R Nishihara, DA Drew, K Wu… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Western and prudent dietary patterns have been associated with higher
and lower risks of colorectal cancer (CRC), respectively. However, little is known about the …

High-quality diets associate with reduced risk of colorectal cancer: analyses of diet quality indexes in the multiethnic cohort

SY Park, CJ Boushey, LR Wilkens, CA Haiman… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Healthy eating patterns assessed by diet quality indexes (DQIs) have
been related to lower risk of colorectal cancer—mostly among whites. We investigated the …

Associations of the local food environment with diet quality—a comparison of assessments based on surveys and geographic information systems: the multi-ethnic …

LV Moore, AV Diez Roux, JA Nettleton… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
There is growing interest in understanding how food environments affect diet, but
characterizing the food environment is challenging. The authors investigated the relation …

Food Insecurity Is Associated with a Higher Risk of Mortality among Colorectal Cancer Survivors

J Khubchandani, S Banerjee… - Gastrointestinal …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Purpose: Food insecurity and colorectal cancer (CRC) are widely prevalent problems in the
US However, the long-term effects of food insecurity among people living with CRC are not …