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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"food environment"”.
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Food Environment and Childhood Obesity
<p>This thesis examines whether children's food environment, especially food stores that have fresh produce, affects obesity prevalence among elementary school children in the state of Arkansas. Misclassified food outlet types in the Dun and Bradstreet commercial data set were first corrected and …
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Advancing measures of the out-of-home food environment: a big data approach
The food environment is considered a contributing factor to unhealthy diets. With out-of-home food consumption increasing globally, there is a growing interest in understanding the out-of-home food environment and its contribution to individual dietary behaviours. As well as the type and location …
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Association between the Fast-Food Environment and Obesity in Canada: A Cross-sectional Analysis
Frequent fast-food consumption is associated with weight gain therefore it is hypothesized that relative availability of fast-food is a risk factor for obesity. This thesis examined the association between the neighbourhood-level density of fast-food outlets and adult body mass index (BMI) in …
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Long-term Geospatial Access to Food Environment and Breast Cancer Risk in Metropolitan Chicago
Neighborhood food environments are recognized as important structural determinants of health, yet their long-term impact on cancer outcomes remains poorly understood. Previous studies have cross-sectionally measured exposure at diagnosis, providing only a snapshot of exposure. This dissertation …
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The Impact of Food Environment in Childhood Obesity in the UK: A Systematic Review
… impacting children's eating habits is the food environment, which includes the availability, accessibility, affordability, and marketing of unhealthy food alternatives. In order to better understand how the food environment affects childhood obesity in the UK, this dissertation will …
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Associations of Built Food Environment with Dietary Intake and Adiposity Among Youth with Diabetes
<p>Food availability at the neighborhood level has been increasingly recognized to influence dietary intake and risk of obesity. To date, environments supporting healthy dietary choices (e.g., supermarkets) and unhealthy choices (e.g., fast food outlets) have been mostly examined separately. The …
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The Role of the Neighborhood Fast Food Environment in Weight Status of Inner-City Children
… in understanding the possible role of local food environment in shaping individual's behavior in ways that may encourage food consumption and affect weight status. This study examines whether fast food availability at the residential neighborhood may explain children's risk for obesity. Data …
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Associations between the Neighbourhood Food Environment, Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in Canadian Adults
… the intra-individual, inter-individual, physical environment, and policy levels of influence. This thesis presents a novel method to create Canada’s Food Guide serving equivalents in the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II nutrient database for the purpose of deriving the Canadian Healthy …
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Characterizing the Local Food Environment in Albuquerque, New Mexico: A Dual Perspective of Retailer and Consumer
… the construction and meaning of the local food environment by food retailers and consumers in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The research consisted of three components. First, the observed local food environment was defined through store surveys that were conducted in 193 food retail outlets and …
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The Effects of Socioeconomic, Built Environment, and Food Environment Factors on Childhood Obesity in Montclair, California
… between socioeconomic status (SES), built environment, and food environment factors and childhood obesity. In this study, the participants were selected from three elementary schools located in the innercity of Montclair, California. Information about each student’s health and family income …
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Promoting an Equitable Eating-Out Food Environment through the Application of a Food Justice Frame: A Case Study
… the effectiveness of developing and applying a "food justice frame" as a mobilization tool to promote an equitable Eating-out Food Environment (EOFE) in an urban neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A mixed-methods approach was taken to gather material and perception data, culminating in a community …
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Variation in diet of the West coast rock lobster (Jasus Ialandii) : influence of rock-lobster sex, size and food environment
Few studies of rock-lobster diet have included analyses of mature females or juveniles of either sex. This study focused on the diet of male and female West Coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) in three size classes (viz.: 10 - 35 mm CL (carapace length) - small, 40 - 59 mm CL - medium and 70 - 85 …
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Exploration of Differences in Food Environment Perceptions and Shopping Behaviors among Residents of Low Food Access Versus High Food Access Areas
… unhealthful dietary behaviors. Limited access to food outlets, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, is a major problem for many low income populations.</p> <p>Purpose: We explored potential differences in healthy food availability perceptions and food shopping behaviors between residents …
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Examining the intention-behavior gap: The impact of the food environment on the eating behaviors of low-income African American women
<p>The current study investigated environmental barriers to the intention-behavior gap. The food environment was examined as a moderator between motivation for healthy living and actual eating behavior. A sample of 55 low-income African American women (<em>M<sub>age</sub></em> = 30.25, <em>SD</em> …
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Environmental concern, knowledge, and the enactment of environmental citizenship in a retail food environment: an investigation into the perceptions and behaviours of Cape Town consumers
… of products, create new, less toxic, more environmentally friendly products, and/or improve the efficiency of production processes, the inadequacy of production-based approaches alone has been widely accepted. More recent efforts to achieve sustainable consumption have highlighted that a …
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Modeling the Efficacy of the 15-Minute City Using Large-Scale Mobility Data from the Perspective of Accessibility and User Choice: A Case Study on the Urban Food Environment
… and spatial proximity in the context of healthy food accessibility by modeling an individual’s choice to visit their closest grocery store, and the extent to which certain sociodemographic variables contribute to their choice. Using logistic regression models on ∼ 7𝑀 grocery store visits from ∼ …
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Exposure to food environments, diet and weight status in children
… growing interest in understanding how the built food environment influences health behaviours. Whilst policy interest in the influence of food environments on diet and body weight is growing, the evidence base is limited, particularly for environments beyond the home neighbourhood. Research in …
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Exploring the food landscape in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI: Neighborhood racial characteristics and food availability
<p>The neighborhood retail food environment is an indicator of short- and long-term health conditions. Disparities in Covid-19 health outcomes have been identified as specifically impacting minority populations in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, MI. This study explores these cities' neighborhood retail …
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Exploring the Role of the Mixed Methods Approach in Facilitating an Improved Understanding of Food Access in Masiphumelele
This thesis focuses on the food environment of Masiphumelele and seeks to understand how mixed-method approaches could be employed to facilitate an advanced understanding of food access in Masiphumelele. Masiphumelele was chosen as the case study for this research project as this work is sponsored …
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Exploring the Food and Physical Activity Environments and Their Influence on Healthy Behaviors
… Two causal models that focused on geographic and environmental influences for obesity are the foundation for this series of research. The focus of this dissertation is at the intersection of the food and physical activity environments and their characteristics that contribute to meeting fruit and …
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