Recent environmental changes play a role in the dramatic increase in the prevalence of
cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs) such as obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes …

We investigated the associations between dietary patterns and chronic disease mortality in
Switzerland using an ecological design and explored their spatial dependence, ie the …

Background—Food deserts (FD), neighborhoods defined as low-income areas with low
access to healthy food, are a public health concern. We evaluated the impact of living in FD …

Background Access to healthy food is often seen as a potentially important contributor to
diet. Policy documents in many countries suggest that variations in access contribute to …

Background Neighborhood-level characteristics such as economic hardship and the retail
food environment are assumed to be correlated and to influence consumers' dietary …

ObjectivePrevious studies on the relationship of dietary intake to the neighbourhood food
environment have focused on access to supermarkets, quantified by geographic distance or …

Measuring features of the local food environment has been a major challenge in studying
the effect of the environment on diet. This study examined associations between alternate …

Several studies have identified disparities in access to food retailers among urban
neighbourhoods with varied socio-demographic characteristics; but few studies have …

Introduction: There is growing interest in the role of food environments in suboptimal diet
and overweight and obesity. This review assesses the evidence for the link between the …

Inconsistencies in methodologies continue to inhibit understanding of the impact of the
environment on body mass index (BMI). To estimate the effect of these differences, we …