Background Inadequate access to healthful foods has been identified as a significant barrier
to healthful dietary behaviors among individuals who live in low-income communities. The …

People's perceptions of local food environments influence their abilities to eat healthily.
PhotoVoice participants from four communities in Alberta, Canada took pictures of barriers …

This study examined associations of accessibility, availability, price, and quality of food
choices and neighborhood urban design with weight status and utilitarian walking. To …

Obesity and other diet-related chronic disease affect low-income ethnic minority populations
at high rates. Formative research was used to develop a food store–based intervention for …

Self-administered surveys of low-income subjects (n= 796) recruited at food programs,
grocery stores, and other public places in four Minnesota study communities were designed …

Creating environments that support healthy eating is important for successful aging,
particularly in light of the growing population of older adults in the United States. There is an …

This qualitative study sought to understand food acquisition behaviors and environmental
factors that influence those behaviors among women in a low-income African American …

Obesity and other diet-related chronic diseases are directly related to the food environment.
We describe how to better assess the food environments in specific ethnic minority settings …

BACKGROUND: Poor dietary patterns and obesity, established risk factors for chronic
disease, have been linked to neighborhood deprivation, neighborhood minority …

In this paper, the environment is defined as the macro-and community-level factors,
including physical, legal and policy factors, that influence household and individual …