Measuring the Food Environment and its Effects on Obesity in the United States: A Systematic Review of Methods and Results

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 464-475

  Gamba, Ryan J ^a   Schuchter, Joseph ^a   Rutt, Candace ^b   Seto, Edmund Y W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Community nutrition environment; Food access; Food environment; Metrics; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; OBESITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939958871     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9958-z     Document Type: Article

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