scholarly journals Investigating the impact of GIS modelled daily exposures to the retail food environment on routinely linked child health data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy R. Mizen
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Retail Food

scholarly journals Healthy Food Retail during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia A. Leone ◽  
Sheila Fleischhacker ◽  
Betsy Anderson-Steeves ◽  
Kaitlyn Harper ◽  
Megan Winkler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Environment ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Food System ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
The United States ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Nutrition Assistance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Retail Food

Disparities in dietary behaviors have been directly linked to the food environment, including access to retail food outlets. The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to major changes in the distribution, sale, purchase, preparation, and consumption of food in the United States (US). This paper reflects on those changes and provides recommendations for research to understand the impact of the pandemic on the retail food environment (RFE) and consumer behavior. Using the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interaction Model, we describe the impact of COVID-19 in four key areas: (1) community, state, tribal, and federal policy; (2) retail actors, business models, and sources; (3) customer experiences; and (4) dietary intake. We discuss how previously existing vulnerabilities and inequalities based on race, ethnicity, class, and geographic location were worsened by the pandemic. We recommend approaches for building a more just and equitable RFE, including understanding the impacts of changing shopping behaviors and adaptations to federal nutrition assistance as well as how small food business can be made more sustainable. By better understanding the RFE adaptations that have characterized the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope to gain greater insight into how our food system can become more resilient in the future.

scholarly journals An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leia M. Minaker ◽  
Dana Lee Olstad ◽  
Graham MacKenzie ◽  
Nghia Nguyen ◽  
Sunday Azagba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Retail Food ◽  
Pharmacy Setting

scholarly journals Daily exposure to the retail food environment and the association with child BMI

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Mizen ◽  
Sarah Rodgers ◽  
Richard Fry
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Exposure ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Daily Exposure ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Retail Food

BackgroundThe dose-response relationship between exposure to food environments and obesity has not been widely investigated. This study examined whether increased retail food environment (RFE) exposure in children was associated with a larger body mass index (BMI). ObjectivesGenerate household level daily exposure to the RFE for children aged 11-13 years and link these environmental exposure with health data in an anonymised data safe haven. MethodsIndividually tailored environmental exposures were calculated in a GIS for home and school locations, and modelled walking routes to and from school. Local Authority food outlet data were used to generate the temporally accurate exposures. Exposures were linked to individual level health data in the SAIL databank for a cohort of individuals from south Wales aged 11-13 years, with BMI measurements. A fully adjusted multilevel regression model was fitted to investigate the association of RFE exposure with BMI. FindingsHome exposure and exposure along the walk to school was significantly greater for children living in deprived catchments, compared with affluent school catchments (t = -5.25, p<0.05; t = -0.277, p<0.05, respectively). The RFE exposure along the walk home was the only environmental exposure positively associated with a higher BMI (0.22, p<0.05). ConclusionsIncreased BMI was associated with greater REF exposure along the walk home from school. The findings suggest that the walk home from school may be important for developing interventions and policies to discourage unhealthy eating. Research should be undertaken to better understand child purchasing habits.

scholarly journals Local Retail Food Environment and Consumption of Fruit and Vegetable among Adults in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Zhang ◽  
Bo Huang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Fruit Consumption ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Convenience Stores ◽  
Fast Food Restaurants ◽  
Retail Food

Outside of western countries, the study of the local food environment and evidence for its association with dietary behavior is limited. The aim of this paper was to examine the association between the local retail food environment and consumption of fruit and vegetables (FV) among adults in Hong Kong. Local retail food environment was measured by density of different types of retail food outlets (grocery stores, convenience stores, and fast food restaurants) within a 1000 m Euclidean buffer around individual’s homes using a geographic information system (GIS). The Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) was calculated based on the relative density of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores to grocery stores. Logistic regressions were performed to examine associations using cross-sectional data of 1977 adults (18 years or older). Overall, people living in an area with the highest RFEI (Q4, >5.76) had significantly greater odds of infrequent FV consumption (<7 days/week) after covariates adjustment (infrequent fruit consumption: OR = 1.36, 95% CI 1.04–1.78; infrequent vegetable consumption: OR = 1.72, 95% CI 1.11–2.68) in comparison to the lowest RFEI (Q1, <2.25). Highest density of fast food restaurants (Q4, >53) was also significantly associated with greater odds of infrequent fruit consumption (<7 days/week) (unadjusted model: OR = 1.34, 95% CI 1.04–1.73), relative to lowest density of fast food restaurants (Q1, <13). No significant association of density of grocery stores or convenience stores was observed with infrequent FV consumption regardless of the covariates included in the model. Our results suggest that the ratio of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores to grocery stores near people’s home is an important environmental factor in meeting fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines. “Food swamps” (areas with an abundance of unhealthy foods) rather than “food deserts” (areas where there is limited access to healthy foods) seems to be more of a problem in Hong Kong’s urban areas. We advanced international literature by providing evidence in a non-western setting.

scholarly journals Differences in the Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Obesity Among US Children and Adolescents by SNAP Participation

Obesity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary T. Gorski Findling ◽  
Julia A. Wolfson ◽  
Eric B. Rimm ◽  
Sara N. Bleich
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Us Children ◽  
Retail Food

scholarly journals The Influence of WIC Changes on the Retail Food Environment in New Orleans

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Rose ◽  
Lauren Futrell Dunaway ◽  
Adriana Dornelles ◽  
Keelia O'Malley ◽  
J. Nicholas Bodor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Orleans ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food

scholarly journals Diet Quality and Food Prices Modify Associations between Genetic Susceptibility to Obesity and Adiposity Outcomes

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 3349
Author(s):  
Hannah Yang Han ◽  
Catherine Paquet ◽  
Laurette Dubé ◽  
Daiva E Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Polygenic Risk Score ◽  
Polygenic Risk ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food

The role of the retail food environment in obesity risk is unclear, which may be due in part to the lack of consideration of individual differences in the responsivity to food cues. This cross-sectional investigation geo-temporally linked the CARTaGENE biobank (including genetic, dietary, lifestyle, and anthropometric data) with in-store retail food environment data to examine interactions between a polygenic risk score (PRS) for obesity and (1) diet quality (n = 6807) and (2) in-store retail food measures (n = 3718). The outcomes included adiposity-related measures and diet quality assessed using the 2010 Canadian-adapted Healthy Eating Index. A vegetable:soft drink ratio was constructed for each retail measure to assess the relative healthfulness of exposures. Generalized linear models adjusted for individual and neighborhood socio-demographic factors were used to evaluate main and interactive effects. Diet quality significantly modified the association between polygenic risk of obesity and body mass index, waist circumference, and body fat percent. A significant interaction was also observed between PRS and regular price of vegetables in relation to soft drinks on waist circumference. These results replicate previous reports of diet moderating polygenic risk of obesity and suggest that prices of low vs. high-energy density foods are an intervention target to address population obesity rates.

scholarly journals Hispanic immigrant women’s perspective on healthy foods and the New York City retail food environment: A mixed-method study

2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoosun Park ◽  
James Quinn ◽  
Karen Florez ◽  
Judith Jacobson ◽  
Kathryn Neckerman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
York City ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food

The Retail Food Environment, Store Foods, and Diet and Health among Indigenous Populations: a Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Luongo ◽  
Kelly Skinner ◽  
Breanna Phillipps ◽  
Ziwa Yu ◽  
Debbie Martin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Retail Food Environment ◽  
Retail Food
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