Malnutrition in all its forms currently affects one in three people globally and is considered
one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Low-and middle-income countries …

Despite growing attention to the problem of obesogenic environments, there has not been a
comprehensive review evaluating the food environment–diet relationship. This study aims to …

Importance Many changes in the economy, policies related to nutrition, and food processing
have occurred within the United States since 2000, and the net effect on dietary quality is not …

Increasingly, studies are focusing on the role the local food environment plays in residents'
ability to purchase affordable, healthy and nutritious foods. In a food desert, an area devoid …

Background—Poor lifestyle behaviors, including suboptimal diet, physical inactivity, and
tobacco use, are leading causes of preventable diseases globally. Although even modest …

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

A large body of epidemiologic data show that diet quality follows a socioeconomic gradient.
Whereas higher-quality diets are associated with greater affluence, energy-dense diets that …

Methods We conducted a systematic review of primary, quantitative, observational studies,
published in English or French, that used geographic or market-basket approaches in high …

We completed a systematic search of the epidemiologic literature on built environment and
obesity and identified 63 relevant papers, which were then evaluated for the quality of …

Abstract In the United States, health disparities in obesity and obesity-related illnesses have
been the subject of growing concern. To better understand how obesity-related health …