Neighbourhood-socioeconomic variation in women's diet : the role of nutrition environments
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01/09/2010
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<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods is associated with increased risk of a poor diet; however, the mechanisms underlying associations are not well understood. This study investigated whether selected healthy and unhealthy dietary behaviours are patterned by neighbourhood-socioeconomic disadvantage, and if so, whether features of the neighbourhood–nutrition environment explain these associations.<br /><br /><b>Subjects/Methods:</b> A survey was completed by 1399 women from 45 neighbourhoods of varying levels of socioeconomic disadvantage in Melbourne, Australia. Survey data on fruit, vegetable and fast-food consumption were linked with data on food store locations (supermarket, greengrocer and fast-food store density and proximity) and within-store factors (in-store data on price and availability for supermarkets and greengrocers) obtained through objective audits. Multilevel regression analyses were used to examine associations of neighbourhood disadvantage with fruit, vegetable and fast-food consumption, and to test whether nutrition environment factors mediated these associations.<br /><br /><b>Results:</b> After controlling for individual-level demographic and socioeconomic factors, neighbourhood disadvantage was associated with less vegetable consumption and more fast-food consumption, but not with fruit consumption. Some nutrition environmental factors were associated with both neighbourhood disadvantage and with diet. Nutrition environmental features did not mediate neighbourhood-disadvantage variations in vegetable or fast-food consumption.<br /><br /><b>Conclusions:</b> Although we found poorer diets among women living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Melbourne, the differences were not attributable to less supportive nutrition environments in these neighbourhoods.<br /> |
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eng |
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Nature Publishing Group |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30032113/ball-neighbourhoodsocio-2010.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2010.174 |
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2010, Nature Publishing Group |
Palavras-Chave | #Socioeconomic status #Neighbourhood #Food intake #Fast foods #Fruits #Vegetables |
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Journal Article |