Background The relationships between food environments and dietary intake have been
assessed via a range of methodologically diverse measures of spatial exposure to food …

Neighborhood characteristics have been associated with obesity, but less is known whether
relationships vary by race/ethnicity. This study examined the relationship between soda …

Literature suggests that people living in areas with a wealth of unhealthy fast food options
may show higher levels of fast food intake. Multilevel logistic regression analyses were …

ObjectiveTo investigate dietary intake, BMI and supermarket access at varying geographic
scales and transport modes across areas of socio-economic disadvantage, and to evaluate …

Daily mobility, an important aspect of environmental exposures and health behavior, has
mainly been investigated in high-income countries. We aimed to identify the main …

With the growing interest in studying the characteristics of people's access to the food
environment and its influence upon individual health, there has been a focus on assessing …

Physical activity has numerous physical and mental health benefits, and active commuting
(walking or cycling to work) can help meet physical activity recommendations. This study …

Objective This study builds on prior findings that link increased availability of takeaway food
outlets in home, workplace, and commuting environments to greater takeaway consumption …

Obesity and certain nutritional deficiencies are global health problems that emerge in
systems of interdependent individual biological and historical factors and social …

Neighborhood environments are related to parenting behaviors, which in turn have a life-
long effect on children's health and well-being. Activity spaces, which measure individual …