Association between Neighborhood Food Access, Household Income, and Purchase of Snacks and Beverages in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Considerable research on the risk factors of obesity and chronic diseases has focused on relationships between where people live, where they shop, and the types of food they purchase. Rarely have investigators used a national sample and explicitly addressed the amount of energy-dense and nutrient-poor foods purchased in different types of neighborhood food stores. Even more rarely have studies accounted for the characteristics of the broader built environment in which food stores are located and which affect the convenience of using neighborhood food stores. We used a large population-based cohort of predominantly white U.S. households from the Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel 2010 dataset to examine whether there were positive cross-sectional associations between availability of neighborho

SUBMITTER: Peng K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7602560 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature