Differential access to healthy foods has been hypothesized to contribute to health
disparities, but evidence from low and middle-income countries is still scarce. This study …

Background The food environment can influence opportunities and barriers to food access.
This study aimed to investigate whether access to healthy foods varies according to store …

Disparities in healthy food access are well documented in cross-sectional studies in
communities across the United States. However, longitudinal studies examining changes in …

OBJECTIVE: Recent work demonstrates the importance of in-store contents, yet most food
access disparity research has focused on differences in store access, rather than the foods …

BACKGROUND: Differential access to healthy foods may contribute to racial and economic
health disparities. The availability of healthy foods has rarely been directly measured in a …

Differential access to healthy foods has been hypothesized to contribute to disparities in
eating behaviors and health outcomes. While food deserts have been researched …

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

Objective The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between residential
exposure to fast-food entrées, using two measures of potential spatial access: proximity …

Places where we buy food influence dietary patterns, making local food environments a
good example of a mass influence on population diets. Cross-cultural studies, using reliable …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, and construct
validity of retail food store, open-air food market, and restaurant observation tools adapted to …