Open AccessAssociation 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 , medicine , environmental health , body mass index , public health , psychological intervention , demography , built environment , population , gerontology , civil engineering , nursing , pathology , psychiatry , sociology , engineering
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.