Neighbourhood walkability and dietary attributes: effect modification by area-level socio-economic status.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Higher neighbourhood walkability would be expected to contribute to better health, but the relevant evidence is inconsistent. This may be because residents' dietary attributes, which vary with socio-economic status (SES) and influence their health, can be related to walkability. We examined associations of walkability with dietary attributes and potential effect modification by area-level SES.

Design

The exposure variable of this cross-sectional study was neighbourhood walkability, calculated using residential density, intersection density and destination density within 1-km street-network buffer around each participant's residence. The outcome variables were dietary patterns (Western, prudent and mixed) and total dietary energy intake, derived from a FFQ. Main and

SUBMITTER: Chandrabose M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature