Association of community food environment and obesity among US adults: a geographical information system analysis | Zendy

MeiFang Chen | Zendy; Thomas Creger | Zendy; Virginia J. Howard | Zendy; Suzanne E. Judd | Zendy; Kathy Harrington | Zendy; Kevin R. Fontaine | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Association of community food environment and obesity among US adults: a geographical information system analysis

Author(s) -

MeiFang Chen,

Thomas Creger,

Virginia J. Howard,

Suzanne E. Judd,

Kathy Harrington,

Kevin R. Fontaine

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of epidemiology and community health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.692

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1470-2738

pISSN - 0143-005X

DOI - 10.1136/jech-2018-210838

Subject(s) - obesity , environmental health , body mass index , geography , public health , demography , psychological intervention , built environment , ordinary least squares , population , disadvantaged , gerontology , medicine , statistics , sociology , civil engineering , nursing , pathology , psychiatry , engineering , mathematics , political science , law

Emerging studies have investigated the contribution of food environment to obesity in the USA. However, the findings were inconsistent. Methodological explanations for the inconsistent findings included: (1) using individual store/restaurant exposure as food environment indicator, and (2) not accounting for non-stationarity assumption. This study aimed to describe the spatial distribution of obesity and examine the association between community food environment and obesity, and the variation of magnitude and direction of this association across the USA.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research