Journal article
Associations between Body Mass Index, Shopping Behaviors, Amenity Density, and Characteristics of the Neighborhood Food Environment among Female Adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants in Eastern North Carolina
Ecology of food and nutrition, Vol.51(6), pp.526-541
11/01/2012
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2012.705749
PMID: 23082922
Abstract
We examined associations between body mass index (BMI) and the food environment among adult female Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants (N = 197) in eastern North Carolina. Food venue proximity to residential addresses was calculated using a geographic information system. Walk Score was used as a measure of amenity density. Correlation and linear regression analyses were used to examine associations between BMI and distance to and use of food venues, and residential amenity density. Frequency of supercenter use was significantly inversely associated with distance to supercenters. Walk Score was significantly inversely associated with BMI. BMI was not associated with distance to or use of any particular food venue. Future studies should examine specific health-promoting elements of amenity-dense neighborhoods accessible to limited-income populations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Associations between Body Mass Index, Shopping Behaviors, Amenity Density, and Characteristics of the Neighborhood Food Environment among Female Adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants in Eastern North Carolina
- Creators
- Stephanie B Jilcott Pitts - Department of Public Health , East Carolina UniversityJared T McGuirt - Department of Nutrition , University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLucas J Carr - Department of Health and Human Physiology , University of IowaQiang Wu - Department of Biostatistics , East Carolina UniversityThomas C Keyserling - Department of Medicine, School of Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ecology of food and nutrition, Vol.51(6), pp.526-541
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/03670244.2012.705749
- PMID
- 23082922
- ISSN
- 0367-0244
- eISSN
- 1543-5237
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Health and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002467402771
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