Do people really know what food retailers exist in their neighborhood? Examining GIS-based and perceived presence of retail food outlets in an eight-county region of South Carolina

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-40

  Barnes, Timothy L ^a,b   Bell, Bethany A ^a   Freedman, Darcy A ^c   Colabianchi, Natalie ^d   Liese, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Food outlets; GIS; Neighborhood; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD OUTLET; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAIL FOOD; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECONOMICS; OBESITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH CAROLINA; WALKING;

EID: 84929578924     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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