Community food environment moderates association between health care provider advice to lose weight and eating behaviors.

ABSTRACT: Patients who receive weight loss advice from a health care provider (HCP) are more likely to eat healthy. The food environment affects eating behaviors. This study explored how the community food environment may moderate the relationship between HCP advice to lose weight and eating behaviors. Data were obtained from a household telephone survey in 4 New Jersey cities from two cross-sectional panels (2009-10 and 2014). Analyses were limited to 1427 overweight and obese participants. Self-reports assessed frequency of consumption of fruits, vegetables, sugar sweetened beverages, and fast food. Community food data were purchased from InfoUSA and Nielsen and classified according to previously established protocol. Stratified gamma regression analysis determined the differences in the associati

SUBMITTER: Lorts C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature