Neighbourhood food environments: food choice, foodscapes and planning for health

The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Amelia A Lake

Abstract

The burden of obesity contributes to increasing health inequality, and placing healthcare systems under huge strain. The modern society could broadly be described to support unhealthful eating patterns and sedentary behaviour; also described as obesogenic. Obesity prevention and treatment has focused on educational and behavioural interventions, with limited overall success. A sustainable approach is to address the environments that promote less healthy eating and high energy intake as well as sedentary behaviour. Approaches which modify the environment have the potential to assist in the prevention of this complex condition. The present paper focuses on food environments within the context of obesogenic environments. Takeaway and fast food, a fixture of our diet, is usually nutrient poor and energy dense. A 'concentration effect' has been observed, where there is a clustering of fast food and takeaway outlets in more deprived areas. Access to food and intake are associated; however, there are methodological challenges in associating the effect of the food environment on obesity. While there is an imperfect evidence base relating to the role of the food environment in terms of the obesity crisis; policy, practice, civic society...Continue Reading

References

Feb 1, 1981·Medical Care·R Penchansky, J W Thomas
Dec 3, 2002·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·B Swinburn, G Egger
Dec 13, 2006·The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health·Amelia Lake, Tim Townshend
Feb 24, 2007·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·P KopelmanB Butland
Nov 23, 2007·Annual Review of Public Health·Mary StoryKaren Glanz
Mar 19, 2008·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·R Rosenheck
Feb 10, 2009·Health & Place·Tim Townshend, Amelia A Lake
Apr 16, 2009·American Journal of Preventive Medicine·Robin A McKinnonAmy L Yaroch
Mar 9, 2010·Health & Place·Amelia A LakeRachel Tyrrell
Apr 29, 2010·Journal of Public Health·Jennie PopayDavid J Hunter
Mar 3, 2011·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Mary Evelyn Northridge, Lance Freeman
Apr 6, 2011·Optometry : Journal of the American Optometric Association·UNKNOWN American Optometric Association
Aug 30, 2011·Lancet·Boyd A SwinburnSteven L Gortmaker
Nov 24, 2011·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·C LachatP Kolsteren
Oct 1, 2010·The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences : MJMS·Frederick Olusegun Akinbo, Christopher Ehis Okaka
Jun 21, 2012·Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine·Hugh Barton, Marcus Grant
Jun 22, 2012·Health & Place·Caitlin E CaspiIchiro Kawachi
Apr 18, 2013·Nutrition Reviews·Agnieszka JaworowskaLeonard Stevenson
Jun 29, 2013·The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity·Thomas Burgoine, Pablo Monsivais
Jul 15, 2015·Bulletin of the World Health Organization·Stefanie VandevijvereBoyd A Swinburn
Feb 18, 2016·Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health·E M EsmeyerA L M Lagro-Janssen
May 14, 2016·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·Thomas BurgoinePablo Monsivais
May 18, 2016·The British Journal of Nutrition·Tamara BucherFederico J A Perez-Cueto
Nov 30, 2016·Obesity Reviews : an Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·F C Hillier-BrownT J Brown
Apr 28, 2017·Perspectives in Public Health
Apr 30, 2017·Perspectives in Public Health·Tim Townshend, Amelia Lake
Jun 18, 2017·Lancet·Harry RutterMartin White
Jun 21, 2017·BMC Public Health·Alexandra WrightMark Hellowell
Jul 14, 2017·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition·Steven CumminsMartine Shareck
Oct 14, 2017·European Journal of Public Health·David StucklerMartin McKee
Oct 27, 2017·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Thomas BurgoinePablo Monsivais
Nov 22, 2017·Public Health Nutrition·Kathryn BackholerStefanie Vandevijvere

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Dec 6, 2018·Journal of Neurogenetics·Luana Martins de CarvalhoAna Lúcia Brunialti Godard
Jan 23, 2020·International Journal of Environmental Health Research·Marilyn E WendeAndrew T Kaczynski
May 21, 2020·PloS One·Simon VonthronChristophe-Toussaint Soulard
Jun 4, 2019·Health Promotion International·Sarah FitzgeraldFiona Geaney
Apr 7, 2020·The British Journal of Nutrition·Paula S LeffaMárcia R Vitolo
Sep 8, 2020·Public Health Nutrition·Tennessee RandallLaura L Wilkinson
Mar 22, 2020·The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity·Maria Gabriela M PinhoJeroen Lakerveld
Jan 12, 2021·Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition·Jean Pierre Enriquez, Juan Carlos Archila-Godinez
Sep 22, 2018·Deutsches Ärzteblatt International·Gundula BehrensUte Mons
Jan 23, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Ziwen SunLan Wang

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.