Measures of the food environment: A systematic review of the field, 2007–2015

LA Lytle, RL Sokol - Health & place, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Many studies have examined the relationship between the food environment
and health-related outcomes, but fewer consider the integrity of measures used to assess …

Association of socioeconomic and geographic factors with diet quality in US adults

ML McCullough, S Chantaprasopsuk, F Islami… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Poor diet quality is a key factor associated with obesity and chronic disease.
Understanding associations of socioeconomic and geographic factors with diet quality can …

Addressing structural racism is critical for ameliorating the childhood obesity epidemic in black youth

ER Mackey, ET Burton, A Cadieux, E Getzoff… - Childhood …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Racism and childhood obesity are both pervasive factors adversely affecting the health and
wellbeing of children and adolescents in the United States. The association between racism …

E-shopping changes and the state of E-grocery shopping in the US-Evidence from national travel and time use surveys

JD Saphores, L Xu - Research in Transportation Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the popularity of e-shopping, only 16% of US adults have ordered groceries
online, and 7 out of 10 of those who currently buy groceries online do so at most twice a …

Racial differences in perceived food swamp and food desert exposure and disparities in self-reported dietary habits

K Cooksey Stowers, Q Jiang, AT Atoloye… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Both food swamps and food deserts have been associated with racial, ethnic, and
socioeconomic disparities in obesity rates. Little is known about how the distribution of food …

Cost effectiveness of calorie labeling at large fast-food chains across the US

R Dupuis, JP Block, JL Barrett, MW Long… - American journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Calorie labeling of standard menu items has been implemented at large
restaurant chains across the US since 2018. The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Moving beyond “food deserts”: reorienting United States policies to reduce disparities in diet quality

JP Block, SV Subramanian - PLoS medicine, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Moving Beyond “Food Deserts”: Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet
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A county-level study of the effects of state-mandated COVID-19 lockdowns on urban and rural restaurant visits using consumers' cell phone geo-location data

T Banerjee, A Nayak, HY Zhao - Journal of Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Aim US federal, state, and local governments implemented numerous COVID-19 shelter-in-
place orders (lockdowns) starting in March 2020 to ensure social distancing regulations and …

Restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults with low-income in the United States

JFW Cohen, H Posluszny, J Falbe, MP Mueller… - Appetite, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread non-essential business closures in the US,
which may have disproportionately impacted food consumption in lower-income …

Using Mobile Phone Data to Assess Socio-Economic Disparities in Unhealthy Food Reliance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

C Alba, R An - Health Data Science, 2023 - spj.science.org
Background: Although COVID-19 has disproportionately affected socio-economically
vulnerable populations, research on its impact on socio-economic disparities in unhealthy …