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 …

Background Understanding which physical environmental factors affect adult obesity, and
how best to influence them, is important for public health and urban planning. Previous …

Objective The retail food environment may be one important determinant of dietary intake.
However, limited research focuses on individuals' food shopping behavior and activity within …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the robustness of the relationship between neighbourhood food
environment and youth body mass index (BMI) percentile using alternative measures of food …

Canadian research examining the combined effects of social and built environments on
physical activity (PA) and obesity is limited. The purpose of this study was to determine the …

Background Little is known about the neighbourhood characteristics of workplaces, the
extent to which they are independently and synergistically correlated with residential …

ObjectiveTo examine associations between various measures of the food environment and
BMI percentile among youth. DesignCross-sectional, observational. SettingPitt County …

Several studies have demonstrated relationships between neighborhood-level retail food
environments and obesity, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Most, however, have …

The objective was to analyze the spatial food environment of the Washington, DC
metropolitan area. Poorer food sources (convenience stores, fast food, and pharmacies) …

Background Based on the need for better measurement of the retail food environment in
rural settings and to examine how deprivation may be unique in rural settings, the aims of …