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 …

Distance to store, food prices, and obesity in urban food deserts

B Ghosh-Dastidar, D Cohen, G Hunter, SN Zenk… - American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Lack of access to healthy foods may explain why residents of low-income
neighborhoods and African Americans in the US have high rates of obesity. The findings on …

Do neighborhoods matter? A systematic review of modifiable risk factors for obesity among low socio-economic status Black and Hispanic children

KA Johnson, NN Showell, S Flessa, M Janssen… - Childhood …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Background: Childhood obesity increases the risk of obesity and harmful comorbidities later
in life. It is influenced by characteristics of a child's neighborhood, particularly among …

Healthy food access for urban food desert residents: examination of the food environment, food purchasing practices, diet and BMI

T Dubowitz, SN Zenk, B Ghosh-Dastidar… - Public health …, 2015 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo provide a richer understanding of food access and purchasing practices among
US urban food desert residents and their association with diet and BMI. DesignData on food …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of racial and ethnic discrimination are associated with food insecurity and poor health

P Phojanakong, E Brown Weida, G Grimaldi… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
This study examines the associations of mothers' experiences of discrimination (EODs) with
household food insecurity (HFI), physical health, and depressive symptoms, while taking into …

Regional differential decomposition and convergence of rural green development efficiency: evidence from China

C Yu, L Wenxin, SU Khan, C Yu, Z Jun, D Yue… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
An objective understanding of the current situation and influencing factors of rural green
development in China is an important prerequisite for effective formulation making of green …

Emerging adults' intersecting experiences of food insecurity, unsafe neighbourhoods and discrimination during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak

N Larson, J Slaughter-Acey, T Alexander… - Public Health …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Objective: To examine how food insecurity is related to emerging adults' food behaviours
and experiences of neighbourhood safety and discrimination and to identify resources …

[HTML][HTML] Healthy food access in low-income high-minority communities: a longitudinal assessment—2009–2017

P Ohri-Vachaspati, RS DeWeese, F Acciai… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disparities in healthy food access are well documented in cross-sectional studies in
communities across the United States. However, longitudinal studies examining changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Green governance: New perspective from open innovation

W Li, J Xu, M Zheng - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems caused by human behaviors have become increasingly serious in
recent decades, thereby driving global green governance issue to become an important …

Ethnic markets and community food security in an urban “food desert”

P Joassart-Marcelli, JS Rossiter… - … and Planning a, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the concept of food desert has come to dominate research and policy
debates around food environments and their impacts on health, with mounting evidence that …