Regular ArticleDiets for Disease? Intraurban Variation in Reported Food Consumption in Glasgow
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Do perceptions of the neighbourhood food environment predict fruit and vegetable intake in low-income neighbourhoods?
2013, Health and PlaceCitation Excerpt :However socioeconomic inequalities in fruit and vegetable consumption have been widely reported, with deprived individuals reporting lower intake of fruits and vegetables compared to their more affluent counterparts (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2010). Researchers have also long reported neighbourhood-level variations in diet, with neighbourhood deprivation independently predicting food consumption (Forsyth et al., 1994). In order to account for these variations, it has been suggested that differences in the structure of the built food environment between deprived and affluent neighbourhoods exist, and that exposure to poor quality food environments in deprived areas amplifies individual-level risk factors for poor diet (Macintyre, 2007).
Understanding interactions with the food environment: An exploration of supermarket food shopping routines in deprived neighbourhoods
2013, Health and PlaceCitation Excerpt :Much of this work has been undertaken in the USA and has demonstrated that neighbourhood availability of components of a healthy diet may be an important mediating factor between neighbourhood deprivation and diet quality (Morland et al., 2002; Zenk et al., 2005, 2006). In the UK, it has been found that food consumption varies between neighbourhoods and that living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be independently associated with poor diet (Anderson and Hunt, 1992; Forsyth et al., 1994; Shohaimi et al., 2004). However, much of this work takes a ‘black-box’ approach and does not tend to explore whether there are variations in how residents of deprived neighbourhoods respond to the neighbourhood food environment, and what shape these varying responses may take.
The importance of habits in eating behaviour. An overview and recommendations for future research
2011, AppetiteCitation Excerpt :Examples of this are points-of-purchase for fruit and vegetables, soft-drink vending machines and fast food restaurants (Brug & Van Lenthe, 2005). Research has shown that physical environments, such as the availability of the target product (Raynor, Polley, Wing, & Jeffery, 2004) and the types of food stores in residential area (Morland, Wing, & Roux, 2002), can influence food choice (Diez-Roux et al., 1999; Forsyth, Macintyre, & Anderson, 1994). Also, the availability of snacks at schools is associated with unhealthier food choices of secondary school pupils, and changing the availability of healthy and unhealthy products can improve pupils’ energy balance (Cullen, Eagan, Baranowski, Owens, & de Moor, 2000; Cullen & Thompson, 2005).
Policy implications of neighbourhood effects on health research: Towards an alternative to poverty deconcentration
2011, Health and PlaceCitation Excerpt :First, there are intensive qualitative studies at the local scale that intricately describe and theorise the meaning of place. These studies typically compare a small number of well-defined and purposely selected neighbourhoods (Ellaway et al., 1997; Forsyth et al., 1994; Macintyre et al., 1993; Phillimore and Morris, 1991). They incorporate local knowledge, and social and spatial theories into the defining and understanding of neighbourhoods and their complex relationship with the health of their residents.