Do perceptions of the neighbourhood food environment predict fruit and vegetable intake in low-income neighbourhoods?

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-15

  Flint, Ellen ^a   Cummins, Steven ^a   Matthews, Stephen ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food retail environment; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Neighbourhood; Perceptions of food environment

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RETAILING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOCK FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBOURHOOD FOOD ENVIRONMENT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VEGETABLE;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

FOOD RETAIL ENVIRONMENT; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION; NEIGHBOURHOOD; PERCEPTIONS OF FOOD ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY AREAS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883336550     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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