The industrial revolution and urbanization fundamentally restructured populations' living
circumstances, often with poor impacts on health. As an example, unhealthy food …

Studies exploring associations between neighbourhood environment and obesity often
overlook the fact that neighbourhoods are multi-dimensional and that the effects of one …

Background There is growing recognition that recent global increases in obesity are the
product of a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. However, in …

Introduction Prepared (ready-to-eat) foods are sold in> 90% of US supermarkets, but little is
known about their nutritional quality. This study examined trends in purchases of …

Demographic and income disparities may impact food accessibility. Research has not yet
well documented the precise location of healthy and unhealthy food resources around …

We study the relationship between proximity to fast food restaurants and weight gain from
late childhood to early adolescence. We use the Millennium Cohort Study, a UK‐wide …

Health, Illness, and Society, Updated Second Edition provides a comprehensive yet concise
introduction to medical sociology. In his accessible style, Steven Barkan covers health and …

Australian cities offer potential for public health impact through low-carbon built environment
design interventions, given their high per capita carbon footprint and with car use being a …

Hierarchical modeling is the preferred approach of modeling neighborhood effects. When
both residential and workplace neighborhoods are known, a bivariate (residential …

Every day, people buy and consume food through their food environment. This can be
defined as the interface between people's diet and the wider food system. It encompasses …