The influence of local food environments on adolescents' food purchasing behaviors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1458-1471

  He, Meizi ^a   Tucker, Patricia ^b   Gilliland, Jason ^b   Irwin, Jennifer D ^b   Larsen, Kristian ^c   Hess, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Environmental health; Nutrition and diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GIS; HEALTH POLICY; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PURCHASING; SCHOOL CHILD;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84860228175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9041458     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. He, M. Eating habits, physical inactivity patterns and overweight of children in four London Elementary schools. Public Health Epidemiol. Rep. Ont. 2003, 14, 10-17.
2. Tjepkema, M.; Shields, M. Measured obesity: Overweight Canadian children and adolescents. In Component of Statistics Canada Catalogue; no. 82-620-XWE2005001; Statistics Canada: Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2005.
3. Hedley, A.A.; Ogden, C.L.; Johnson, C.L.; Carroll, M.D.; Curtin, L.R.; Flegal, K.M. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA 2004, 291, 2847-2850.
4. Nelson, M.C.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; North, K.E.; Adair, L.S. Body mass index gain, fast food, and physical activity: Effects of shared environments over time. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006, 14, 701-709.
5. Sallis, J.F.; Glanz, K. The role of built environments in physical activity, eating, and obesity in childhood. Futur. Child 2006, 16, 89-108.
6. Powell, L.M.; Bao, Y. Food prices, access to food outlets and child weight. Econ. Hum. Biol. 2009, 7, 64-72.
7. California Center for Public Health Advocacy, PolicyLink, and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes; UCLA: Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 2008.
8. Sturm, R.; Datar, A. Body mass index in elementary school children, metropolitan area food prices and food outlet density. Public Health 2005, 119, 1059-1068.
9. Powell, L.M.; Auld, M.C.; Chaloupka, F.J.; O'Malley, P.M.; Johnston, L.D. Associations between access to food stores and adolescent body mass index. Am. J. Prev. Med. 2007, 33, S301-S307.
10. Veugelers, P.; Sithole, F.; Zhang, S.; Muhajarine, N. Neighborhood characteristics in relation to diet, physical activity and overweight of Canadian children. Int. J. Pediatr. Obes. 2008, 3, 152-159.
11. Burdette, H.L.; Whitaker, R.C. Neighborhood playgrounds, fast food restaurants, and crime: Relationships to overweight in low-income preschool children. Prev. Med. 2004, 38, 57-63.
12. Timperio, A.F.; Ball, K.; Roberts, R.; Andrianopoulos, N.; Crawford, D.A. Children's takeaway and fast-food intakes: Associations with the neighbourhood food environment. Public Health Nutr. 2009, 12, 1960-1964.
13. Crawford, D.A.; Timperio, A.F.; Salmon, J.A.; Baur, L.; Giles-Corti, B.; Roberts, R.J.; Jackson, M.L.; Andrianopoulos, N.; Ball, K. Neighbourhood fast food outlets and obesity in children and adults: The CLAN Study. Int. J. Pediatr. Obes. 2008, 3, 249-256.
14. Bowman, S.A.; Gortmaker, S.L.; Ebbeling, C.B.; Pereira, M.A.; Ludwig, D.S. Effects of fast-food consumption on energy intake and diet quality among children in a national household survey. Pediatrics 2004, 113, 112-118.
15. Tucker, P.; Irwin, J.D.; Gilliland, J.; He, M.; Larsen, K.; Hess, P. Environmental influences on physical activity levels in youth. Health Place 2009, 15, 357-363.
16. Larsen, K.; Gilliland, J.; Hess, P.; Tucker, P.; Irwin, J.; He, M. The influence of the physical environment and sociodemographic characteristics on children's mode of travel to and from school. Am. J. Public Health 2009, 99, 520-526.
17. Statistics Canada: London, Ontario (Code3539036) (table). 2006 Community Profiles. Census 2001. 2007. Available online: http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed on 4 February 2012).
18. Bow, C.J.; Waters, N.M.; Faris, P.D.; Seidel, J.E.; Galbraith, P.D.; Knudtson, M.L.; Ghali, W.A. Accuracy of city postal code coordinates as a proxy for location of residence. Int. J. Health Geogr. 2004, 3, doi:10.1186/1476-072X-3-5.
19. Healy, M.; Gilliland, J. Quantifying the magnitude of environmental exposure misclassification when using imprecise address proxies in public health research. Spat. Spatio-Temporal Epidemiol. 2012, in press.
20. Larsen, K.; Gilliland, J. Mapping the evolution of 'food deserts' in a Canadian city: Supermarket accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961-2005. Int. J. Health Geogr. 2008, 7, doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-16.
21. Frank, L.D.; Andresen, M.A.; Schmid, T.L. Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars. Am. J. Prev. Med. 2004, 27, 87-96.
22. Saelens, B.E.; Sallis, J.F.; Black, J.B.; Chen, D. Neighborhood-based differences in physical activity: An environment scale evaluation. Am. J. Public Health 2003, 93, 1552-1558.
23. Saelens, B.E.; Sallis, J.F.; Frank, L.D. Environmental correlates of walking and cycling: Findings from the transportation, urban design, and planning literatures. Ann. Behav. Med. 2003, 25, 80-91.
24. Leslie, E.; Coffee, N.; Frank, L.; Owen, N.; Bauman, A.; Hugo, G. Walkability of local communities: Using geographic information systems to objectively assess relevant environmental attributes. Health Place 2007, 13, 111-122.
25. Frank, L.D.; Andresen, M.A.; Schmid, T.L. Obesity relationships with community design, physical activity, and time spent in cars. Am. J. Prev. Med. 2004, 27, 87-96.
26. Mason, M.J.; Cheung, I.; Walker, L. The social ecology of urban adolescent substance use: A case study utilizing geographic information systems. J. Prim. Prev. 2004, 25, 271-282.
27. Veugelers, P.J.; Fitzgerald, A.L. Prevalence of and risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity. CMAJ 2005, 173, 607-613.
28. Bryk, A.S.; Raudenbush, S.W.; Congdon, R.T. HLM 6 (Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling), Version 6.02a; Scientific Software International, Inc.: Lincolnwood, IL, USA. 2006.
29. Story, M.; Kaphingst, K.M.; Robinson-O'Brien, R.; Glanz, K. Creating healthy food and eating environments: Policy and environmental approaches. Annu. Rev. Public Health 2008, 29, 253-272.
30. Holsten, J.E. Obesity and the community food environment: A systematic review. Public Health Nutr. 2009, 12, 397-405.
31. Boutelle, K.N.; Fulkerson, J.A.; Neumark-Sztainer, D.; Story, M.; French, S.A. Fast food for family meals: Relationships with parent and adolescent food intake, home food availability and weight status. Public Health Nutr. 2007, 10, 16-23.
32. Li, F.; Harmer, P.; Cardinal, B.J.; Bosworth, M.; Johnson-Shelton, D. Obesity and the built environment: Does the density of neighborhood fast-food outlets matter? Am. J. Health Promot. 2009, 23, 203-209.
33. Austin, S.B.; Melly, S.J.; Sanchez, B.N.; Patel, A.; Buka, S.; Gortmaker, S.L. Clustering of fast-food restaurants around schools: A novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environments. Am. J. Public Health 2005, 95, 1575-1581.
34. Kipke, M.D.; Iverson, E.; Moore, D.; Booker, C.; Ruelas, V.; Peters, A.L.; Kaufman, F. Food and park environments: Neighborhood-level risks for childhood obesity in east Los Angeles. J. Adolesc. Health 2007, 40, 325-333.
35. Borradaile, K.E.; Sherman, S.; Vander Veur, S.S.; McCoy, T.; Sandoval, B.; Nachmani, J.; Karpyn, A.; Foster, G.D. Snacking in children: The role of urban corner stores. Pediatrics 2009, 124, 1293-1298.
36. Neumark-Sztainer, D.; French, S.; Hannan, P.; Story, M.; Fulkerson, J. School lunch and snacking patterns among high school students: Associations with school food environment and policies. Int. J. Behav. Nutr. Phys. Act. 2005, 2, doi:10.1186/1479-5868-2-14.