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 …

Background: There are growing concern globally regarding the alarming trend of fast food
consumption and its related cardiometabolic outcomes including overweight and obesity …

Objective Food insecurity is defined as lack of consistent access to adequate food for
healthy living. The objective of this study was to determine the associations between food …

As obesity is emerging as a serious social issue, urban planners and public health
practitioners are making efforts to establish urban environments that can help to reduce …

Background Diabetes is a major health concern and is influenced by lifestyle, which can be
affected by the neighbourhood environment. Specifically, a fast-food environment can …

Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and remote
sensing (RS) are revolutionizing obesity-related research. The primary applications of GIS …

Overeating behavior is supposedly a major contributing factor to weight gain and obesity.
Binge eating disorder (BED) with reoccurring episodes of excessive overeating is strongly …

Food cravings (FCs) are associated with overeating and obesity and are triggered by
environmental cues. The study of FCs is challenged by difficulty replicating the natural …

Food resources in school neighborhoods can negatively influence diet; however, this
environment is understudied. This study characterized the school neighborhood food …

Food environment research in Latin American may not be considered incipient anymore. We
still have important methodological challenges, including understanding food retail typology …