The local food environment and fruit and vegetable intake: A geographically weighted regression approach in the ORiEL study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 837-846

  Clary, Christelle ^a,b,c   Lewis, Daniel J ^c   Flint, Ellen ^c   Smith, Neil R ^d   Kestens, Yan ^a,b   Cummins, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute exposure; Fruit and vegetable intake; Geographically weighted regression; Local food environment; Nonstationarity; Relative exposure

Indexed keywords

DIET; FRUIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ATTENTION; DIET; ENGLAND; EXPOSURE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; REGENERATION; VEGETABLE; ADULT; AGE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EAST LONDON; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85016004105     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww073     Document Type: Article

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