Open AccessDoes transportation mode modify associations between distance to food store, fruit and vegetable consumption, and BMI in low-income neighborhoods?
Author(s) -
Daniel Fuller,
Steven Cummins,
Stephen A. Matthews
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.112.036392
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , environmental health , food consumption , low income , business , agricultural economics , food science , medicine , economics , socioeconomics , biology , social science , sociology
A consistent body of research has shown that the neighborhood food environment is associated with fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption and obesity in deprived neighborhoods in the United States. However, these studies have often neglected to consider how transportation can moderate associations between food accessibility and diet-related outcomes.
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