Food deserts are a major public health concern. This study aimed to assess food and beverage availability in four underserved communities eligible to receive funding from the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). Data analyzed are part of a quasi-experimental study evaluating the impact of the HFFI on the retail food environment in selected Illinois communities. In 2015, 127 small grocery a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate time trends in the availability of soft drinks, to identify food choices associated with their consumption and to assess the relationship between socio-economic status and daily soft drink availability in a wide range of European countries. DESIGN Data on food and beverage availability collected through the national household budget surveys and harmonized in the DAFNE (D...

OBJECTIVE To examine associations between geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING A predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA. SUBJECTS Data from 705 household shoppers were analysed using ordinary least-squares regression to examine relationships between geographic measures (presence and...

Objective: To examine associations between geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: A predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA. Subjects: Data from 705 household shoppers were analysed using ordinary leastsquares regression to examine relationships between geographic measures (presence and di...

Two key factors that influence the foraging behaviour of group-living herbivores are food availability and individual dominance status. Yet, how the combination of these factors influences the patch-joining decisions of individuals foraging within groups has scarcely been explored. To address this, we focused on the patch-joining decisions of group-living domestic goats (Capra hircus). When ind...

PURPOSE This study identifies trends in the availability of various food choices in United States' middle and high schools from 2004 to 2007, and examines the potential associations between such food availability and students' self-reported eating habits and body mass index (BMI)-related outcomes. METHODS Data are based on nationally representative samples of 78,442 students in 684 secondary ...

Food availability regulates basal metabolism and progression of many diseases, and liver plays an important role in these processes. The effects of food availability on digital gene expression profile, physiological and pathological functions in liver are yet to be further elucidated. In this study, we applied high-throughput sequencing technology to detect digital gene expression profile of mo...

OBJECTIVE To examine the changes in Portuguese household food availability from 1990 to 1995. DESIGN Using the DAta Food NEtworking (DAFNE) classification scheme for nutritional and socio-economic variables, data from the Portuguese Household Budget Surveys collected in 1989/90 and 1994/95 were analysed. The mean availability (quantity person(-1) day(-1)) for the total population, by locality...

BACKGROUND Vending machines and shops located within health care facilities are a source of food and drinks for staff, visitors and outpatients and they have the potential to promote healthy food and drink choices. This paper describes perceptions of parents and managers of health-service located food outlets towards the availability and labelling of healthier food options and the food and drin...

This study draws on four waves of the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and external data to examine the relationship between adolescent body mass index (BMI) and fast food prices and fast food restaurant availability using panel data estimation methods to account for individual-level unobserved heterogeneity. Analyses also control for contextual factors including general food prices a...