Changes in neighbourhood food store environment, food behaviour and body mass index, 1981–1990
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Changes in neighbourhood food store environment, food behaviour and body mass index, 1981--1990.
OBJECTIVE This paper examines trends in the neighbourhood food store environment (defined by the number and geographic density of food stores of each type in a neighbourhood), and in food consumption behaviour and overweight risk of 5779 men and women. DESIGN The study used data gathered by the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program in four cross-sectional surveys conducted from 1981 to 19...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s136898000700105x