Associations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, England

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dc.contributor.authorHobbs M
dc.contributor.authorGreen MA
dc.contributor.authorWilkins E
dc.contributor.authorLamb KE
dc.contributor.authorMcKenna J
dc.contributor.authorGriffiths C
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-27T02:12:36Z
dc.date.available2021-08-27T02:12:36Z
dc.date.issued2019en
dc.date.updated2019-11-22T01:38:44Z
dc.description.abstractInternational research linking food outlets and body mass index (BMI) is largely cross-sectional, yielding inconsistent findings. However, addressing the exposure of food outlets is increasingly considered as an important adult obesity prevention strategy. Our study investigates associations between baseline food environment types and change in BMI over time. Survey data were used from the Yorkshire Health Study (n=8,864; wave one: 2010-2012, wave two: 2013-2015) for adults aged 18-86. BMI was calculated using self-reported height (cm) and weight (kg). Restaurants, cafés, fast-food, speciality, convenience and large supermarkets were identified from the Ordnance Survey Point of Interest database within 1600m radial buffer of home postcodes. K-means cluster analysis developed food environment typologies based on food outlets and population density. Large supermarkets, restaurants, cafés, fast-food, speciality and convenience food outlets all clustered together to some extent. Three neighbourhood typologies were identified. However, multilevel models revealed that relative to cluster one all were unrelated to change in BMI (cluster 2, b= -0.146 [-0.274, 0.566]; cluster 3, b= 0.065 [-0.224, 0.356]). There was also little evidence of gender-based differences in these associations when examined in a three-way interaction. Policymakers may need to begin to consider multiple types of food outlet clusters, while further research is needed to confirm how these relate to changed BMI.en
dc.identifier.citationHobbs M, Green MA, Wilkins E, Lamb KE, McKenna J, Griffiths C (2019). Associations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, England. Social Science and Medicine. 239. 112528-.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112528
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536
dc.identifier.issn1873-5347
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/18065
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BVen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Licenseen
dc.subjectBody mass indexen
dc.subjectFood environmenten
dc.subjectFood outletsen
dc.subjectLongitudinalen
dc.subjectObesityen
dc.subjectObesogenic environmenten
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::42 - Health sciences::4206 - Public healthen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::42 - Health sciences::4206 - Public health::420606 - Social determinants of health
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4406 - Human geography::440605 - Health geography
dc.titleAssociations between food environment typologies and body mass index: Evidence from Yorkshire, Englanden
dc.title.alternativeFood typologies and change in body mass indexen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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