The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: a systematic review of methods, study quality, and results
Objective To examine the relationship between local food environments and obesity and
assess the quality of studies reviewed. Methods Systematic keyword searches identified …
assess the quality of studies reviewed. Methods Systematic keyword searches identified …
Accessibility, equity and health care: review and research directions for transport geographers
T Neutens - Journal of Transport Geography, 2015 - Elsevier
Research at the confluence of accessibility, equity and health is flourishing. And yet, there is
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …
Measures of the food environment: A systematic review of the field, 2007–2015
Background Many studies have examined the relationship between the food environment
and health-related outcomes, but fewer consider the integrity of measures used to assess …
and health-related outcomes, but fewer consider the integrity of measures used to assess …
Elevated blood lead levels in children associated with the Flint drinking water crisis: a spatial analysis of risk and public health response
M Hanna-Attisha, J LaChance… - … journal of public …, 2016 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We analyzed differences in pediatric elevated blood lead level incidence before
and after Flint, Michigan, introduced a more corrosive water source into an aging water …
and after Flint, Michigan, introduced a more corrosive water source into an aging water …
Obesogenic environments: a systematic review of the association between the physical environment and adult weight status, the SPOTLIGHT project
Background Understanding which physical environmental factors affect adult obesity, and
how best to influence them, is important for public health and urban planning. Previous …
how best to influence them, is important for public health and urban planning. Previous …
Conceptualization and measurement of environmental exposure in epidemiology: accounting for activity space related to daily mobility
A considerable body of literature has investigated how environmental exposures affect
health through various pathways. These studies have generally adopted a common …
health through various pathways. These studies have generally adopted a common …
GPS tracking in neighborhood and health studies: a step forward for environmental exposure assessment, a step backward for causal inference?
Recent studies have relied on GPS tracking to assess exposure to environmental
characteristics over daily life schedules. Combining GPS and GIS allows for advances in …
characteristics over daily life schedules. Combining GPS and GIS allows for advances in …
The weight of place: built environment correlates of obesity and diabetes
In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity and diabetes has risen substantially in North
America and worldwide. To address these dual epidemics, researchers and policymakers …
America and worldwide. To address these dual epidemics, researchers and policymakers …
Spatial access to food: Retiring the food desert metaphor
MJ Widener - Physiology & behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
The food desert metaphor has been widely used over the past few decades as a way to
identify regions as being at risk for having little or no access to healthy food. While the …
identify regions as being at risk for having little or no access to healthy food. While the …
Spatial polygamy and contextual exposures (spaces) promoting activity space approaches in research on place and health
SA Matthews, TC Yang - American behavioral scientist, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Exposure science has developed rapidly and there is an increasing call for greater precision
in the measurement of individual exposures across space and time. Social science interest …
in the measurement of individual exposures across space and time. Social science interest …