Obesity and the Built Environment: Does the Density of Neighborhood Fast-Food Outlets Matter?

• Published in: American journal of health promotion Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 203 - 209
• Main Authors: Li, Fuzhong, Harmer, Peter, Cardinal, Bradley J., Bosworth, Mark, Johnson-Shelton, Deb
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Aged; Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Cooking; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - adverse effects; Environment Design; Fast food; Fast food service industry; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food consumption; Food industry; Geographic Information Systems; Health policy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - prevention & control; Obesity - psychology; Oregon - epidemiology; Portland, Oregon; Psychosocial factors; Public health; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Restaurants; Restaurants - classification; Restaurants - statistics & numerical data; Self Efficacy; Socioeconomic Factors; Urban Health - statistics & numerical data; USA, Oregon, Portland; Policy; Obesity; Manuscript format: research; Health focus: fitness/physical activity; Fast Food; Prevention Research; Outcome measure: biometric; Strategy: built; Environment Design; Research purpose: modeling/relationship testing; Community Health; Setting: local community; Study design: nonexperimental

Purpose. Examine variation in obesity among older adults relative to the joint influences of density of neighborhood fast food outlets and residents' behavioral, psychosocial, and sociodemographic characteristics. Design. Cross-sectional and multilevel design. Setting. Census block groups, used...