OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between adolescent perception of time to walk to neighbourhood food retail outlets and purchasing of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), fast and convenience food items, and to test for differences by urban v. suburban environment. DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA. SUBJECTS Adolescents from ...

BACKGROUND Food and drink purchasing habits of pupils out of school at lunchtime may be contributing to poor dietary intakes and overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to identify the places from which purchases were made, types of food and drinks purchased and, the reasons for purchasing food or drinks out of school. METHODS A survey of the food and drinks purchasing habits of sec...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of fresh fruit availability at worksites on the fruit and vegetable consumption and related psychosocial determinants of low-wage employees. DESIGN A prospective, randomized block experimental design. SETTING Seven apparel manufacturing and 2 food processing worksites. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of 391 low-wage employees in 6 intervention worksites a...

Market structures have always been dynamic, changing in emphasis as one segment or another enlarged or decreased. In the twentieth century an especially rapid change in the basic age distribution has taken place. Within the past few years a change in age distribution has resulted from the rapid growth of that segment of the population which is 65 years of age and older. During the past sixty ye...