Dietary inequalities: what is the evidence for the effect of the neighbourhood food environment?

C Black, G Moon, J Baird - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
This review summarises the evidence for inequalities in community and consumer nutrition
environments from ten previous review articles, and also assesses the evidence for the …

A systematic review of environmental factors and obesogenic dietary intakes among adults: are we getting closer to understanding obesogenic environments?

K Giskes, F van Lenthe, M Avendano‐Pabon… - Obesity …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined whether physical, social, cultural and economical environmental
factors are associated with obesogenic dietary behaviours and overweight/obesity among …

Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: a pilot study

SN Zenk, AJ Schulz, SA Matthews, A Odoms-Young… - Health & place, 2011 - Elsevier
This study examined relationships among individual demographics, environmental features
(eg, fast food outlet density, park land use) of residential neighborhoods and activity spaces …

The influence of social involvement, neighborhood aesthetics, and community garden participation on fruit and vegetable consumption

JS Litt, MJ Soobader, MS Turbin… - … journal of public …, 2011 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We considered the relationship between an urban adult population's fruit and
vegetable consumption and several selected social and psychological processes, beneficial …

Sisters of the soil: Urban gardening as resistance in Detroit

MM White - Race/ethnicity: Multidisciplinary global contexts, 2011 - JSTOR
This article analyzes an overlooked innovative experience led by black women activists,
who participate in urban agriculture as a way of reassessing their cultural roots and …

Measures of the food environment: a compilation of the literature, 1990–2007

RA McKinnon, J Reedy, MA Morrissette, LA Lytle… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Valid and reliable measures are required to assess any effect of the food
environment on individual dietary behavior, and form the foundation of research that may …

[HTML][HTML] Is healthy behavior contagious: associations of social norms with physical activity and healthy eating

K Ball, RW Jeffery, G Abbott, SA McNaughton… - International journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Background Social norms are theoretically hypothesized to influence health-related
behaviors such as physical activity and eating behaviors. However, empirical evidence …

Exploring nutrition knowledge and the demographic variation in knowledge levels in an Australian community sample

GA Hendrie, J Coveney, D Cox - Public Health Nutrition, 2008 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesExplore the level of general nutrition knowledge and demographic influences of
knowledge levels in a community sample. Design and settingA sample of volunteers …

Socio-economic disparities in the consumption of vegetables, fruit and energy-dense foods: the role of motive priorities

H Konttinen, S Sarlio-Lähteenkorva… - Public health …, 2013 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveA low socio-economic status (SES) is related to less healthy dietary habits, but the
reasons for this remain unclear. We examined whether the absolute or relative importance of …

Prompting healthier eating: testing the use of health and social norm based messages.

E Robinson, A Fleming, S Higgs - Health Psychology, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Health based messages are commonly used to promote fruit and vegetable
intake, but are limited in their effectiveness. Social norm messages, which suggest other …