One in every twenty-five persons in America is a racial/ethnic minority who lives in a rural
area. Our objective was to summarize how racism and, subsequently, the social …

Obesity has risen to epidemic levels worldwide over the past few decades and has become
a huge global health burden owing to its direct contribution to the development of some of …

Nearly 1 in 5 children in the United States live in rural areas. Rural children experience
health and health care disparities compared to their urban peers and represent a unique …

Introduction People living in obesogenic environments, with limited access to healthful food
outlets and exercise facilities, generally have poor health. Previous research suggests that …

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered people's lives in multiple aspects,
including grocery shopping behaviors. Yet, the changing trend of grocery shopping …

Despite evidence for the effectiveness of policies that target obesogenic environments, their
adoption remains deficient. Using methods and concepts from complexity and political …

Background Obesity is a key risk factor for major chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes
and cardiovascular diseases. To extensively characterise the obesogenic built environment …

Objective Environmental factors that drive obesity are often studied individually, whereas
obesogenic environments are likely to consist of multiple factors from food and physical …

Purpose This study described associations between selected walk indices (WI) and walking
and physical activity behaviors in rural and urban children. Findings WI were higher in urban …

Numerous studies and models address the determinants of health. However, in existing
models, the spatial aspects of the determinants are not or only marginally taken into account …