Agriculture Policy

Duffy M. "Economies of Size in Production Agriculture." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 375, 2009.

Gereffi G, Lee J and Christian M. "US-Based Food and Agricultural Value Chains and their Relevance to Healthy Diets." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 357, 2009.

Hamm MW. "Principles for Framing a Healthy Food System." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 241, 2009.

Hamm MW. "Linking Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health: Opportunities for Realizing Multiple Goals." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 3(2): 169, 2008.

Harvie J, Mikkelsen L and Shak L. "A New Health Care Prevention Agenda: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agricultural Policy." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 409-29, 2009.

Hawkes C. "Identifying Innovative Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating using Consumption-Oriented Food Supply Chain Analysis." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 336-56, 2009.

Herrera H, Khanna N and Davis L. "Food Systems and Public Health: The Community Perspective." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 430, 2009.

Jackson RJ, Minjares R, Naumoff KS, et al. "Agriculture Policy is Health Policy." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 393-408, 2009.

Krebs-Smith SM, Reedy J and Bosire C. "Healthfulness of the U.S. Food Supply Little Improvement Despite Decades of Dietary Guidance." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2010.

Lang T. "Reshaping the Food System for Ecological Public Health." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 315-35, 2009.

Malhi L, Karanfil Ö, Merth T, et al. "Places to Intervene to make Complex Food Systems More Healthy, Green, Fair, and Affordable." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 466, 2009.

Martini SA and Phillips M. "Nutrition and Food Commodities in the 20th Century." Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57(18): 8130-5, 2009.

Muller M, Tagtow A, Roberts SL, et al. "Aligning Food Systems Policies to Advance Public Health." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 225-40, 2009.

Neff RA, Palmer AM, McKenzie SE, et al. "Food Systems and Public Health Disparities." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 282, 2009.

Story M, Hamm MW and Wallinga D. "Food Systems and Public Health." Poverty & Race, 19(2): 3-4, 2010.

Story M, Hamm MW and Wallinga D. "Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities." Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 4(3): 219-24, 2009.

Fast Food and Restaurant Environment

Ashe M, Jernigan D, Kline R, et al. "Land use Planning and the Control of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Fast Food Restaurants." American Journal of Public Health, 93(9): 1404-8, 2003.

Austin SB, Melly SJ, Sanchez BN, et al. "Clustering of Fast-Food Restaurants Around Schools: A Novel Application of Spatial Statistics to the Study of Food Environments." American Journal of Public Health, 95(9): 1575-81, 2005.

Bauer KW, Larson NI, Nelson MC, et al. "Socio-Environmental, Personal and Behavioural Predictors of Fast-Food Intake among Adolescents." Public Health Nutrition, 12(10): 1767-74, 2009.

Block JP, Scribner RA and DeSalvo KB. "Fast Food, race/ethnicity, and Income: A Geographic Analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27(3): 211-7, 2004.

Boutelle KN, Fulkerson JA, Neumark-Sztainer D, et al. "Fast Food for Family Meals: Relationships with Parent and Adolescent Food Intake, Home Food Availability and Weight Status." Public Health Nutrition, 10(1): 16-23, 2007.

Bowman SA, Gortmaker SL, Ebbeling CB, et al. "Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality among Children in a National Household Survey." Pediatrics, 113(1): 112-8, 2004.

Brownell KD. "Fast Food and Obesity in Children." Pediatrics, 113(1): 132, 2004.

Burdette HL and Whitaker RC. "Neighborhood Playgrounds, Fast Food Restaurants, and Crime: Relationships to Overweight in Low-Income Preschool Children." Preventive Medicine, 38(1): 57-63, 2004.

Crawford DA, Timperio AF, Salmon JA, et al. "Neighbourhood Fast Food Outlets and Obesity in Children and Adults: The CLAN Study." International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 3(4): 249-56, 2008.

Creel JS, Sharkey JR, McIntosh A, et al. "Availability of Healthier Options in Traditional and Nontraditional Rural Fast-Food Outlets." BMC Public Health, 8: 395, 2008.

Cummins SC, McKay L and MacIntyre S. "McDonald's Restaurants and Neighborhood Deprivation in Scotland and England." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(4): 308-10, 2005.

Davis B and Carpenter C. "Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity." American Journal of Public Health, 99(3): 505-10, 2009.

Denney-Wilson E, Crawford D, Dobbins T, et al. "Influences on Consumption of Soft Drinks and Fast Foods in Adolescents." Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 18(3): 447-52, 2009.

Duffey KJ, Gordon-Larsen P, Jacobs DR,Jr, et al. "Differential Associations of Fast Food and Restaurant Food Consumption with 3-y Change in Body Mass Index: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85(1): 201-8, 2007.

Francis DK, Van den Broeck J, Younger N, et al. "Fast-Food and Sweetened Beverage Consumption: Association with Overweight and High Waist Circumference in Adolescents." Public Health Nutrition, 12(8): 1106-14, 2009.

Frank L, Kerr J, Saelens B, et al. "Food Outlet Visits, Physical Activity and Body Weight: Variations by Gender and Race-Ethnicity." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(2): 124-31, 2009.

French SA, Story M, Neumark-Sztainer D, et al. "Fast Food Restaurant use among Adolescents: Associations with Nutrient Intake, Food Choices and Behavioral and Psychosocial Variables." International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, 25(12): 1823-33, 2001.

Hemphill E, Raine K, Spence JC, et al. "Exploring Obesogenic Food Environments in Edmonton, Canada: The Association between Socioeconomic Factors and Fast-Food Outlet Access." American Journal of Health Promotion, 22(6): 426-32, 2008.

Hurvitz PM, Moudon AV, Rehm CD, et al. "Arterial Roads and Area Socioeconomic Status are Predictors of Fast Food Restaurant Density in King County, WA." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6: 46, 2009.

Inagami S, Cohen DA, Brown AF, et al. "Body Mass Index, Neighborhood Fast Food and Restaurant Concentration, and Car Ownership." Journal of Urban Health, 86(5): 683-95, 2009.

Jeffery RW, Baxter J, McGuire M, et al. "Are Fast Food Restaurants an Environmental Risk Factor for Obesity?" The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 3: 2, 2006.

Kwate NO. "Fried Chicken and Fresh Apples: Racial Segregation as a Fundamental Cause of Fast Food Density in Black Neighborhoods." Health & Place, 14(1): 32-44, 2008.

Kwate NO, Yau CY, Loh JM, et al. "Inequality in Obesigenic Environments: Fast Food Density in New York City." Health & Place, 15(1): 364-73, 2009.

Larson NI, Story M and Nelson MC. Restaurant Realities: Inequalities in Access to Healthy Restaurant Choices. Princeton, NJ: Healthy Eating Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2008. Available at: http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_research_briefs/her%20restaurant%20realities_7-2008.pdf.

Lewis LB, Sloane DC, Nascimento LM, et al. "African Americans' Access to Healthy Food Options in South Los Angeles Restaurants." American Journal of Public Health, 95(4): 668-73, 2005.

Li F, Harmer P, Cardinal BJ, et al. "Obesity and the Built Environment: Does the Density of Neighborhood Fast-Food Outlets Matter?" American Journal of Health Promotion, 23(3): 203-9, 2009.

Lin BH, Guthrie J and Frazao E. Away-from-Home Foods Increasingly Important to Quality of American Diet. Available at: http://jan.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/general/aib/aib749.pdf.

Macdonald L, Cummins S and Macintyre S. "Neighbourhood Fast Food Environment and Area Deprivation-Substitution Or Concentration?" Appetite, 49(1): 251-4, 2007.

Maddock J. "The Relationship between Obesity and the Prevalence of Fast Food Restaurants: State-Level Analysis." American Journal of Health Promotion, 19(2): 137-43, 2004.

Mehta NK and Chang VW. "Weight Status and Restaurant Availability a Multilevel Analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34(2): 127-33, 2008.

Mellor JM, Dolan CB and Rapoport RB. "Child Body Mass Index, Obesity, and Proximity to Fast Food Restaurants." International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 2010.

Niemeier HM, Raynor HA, Lloyd-Richardson EE, et al. "Fast Food Consumption and Breakfast Skipping: Predictors of Weight Gain from Adolescence to Adulthood in a Nationally Representative Sample." The Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(6): 842-9, 2006.

Paeratakul S, Ferdinand DP, Champagne CM, et al. "Fast-Food Consumption among US Adults and Children: Dietary and Nutrient Intake Profile." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 103(10): 1332-8, 2003.

Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, et al. "A National Study of the Association between Neighbourhood Access to Fast-Food Outlets and the Diet and Weight of Local Residents." Health & Place, 15(1): 193-7, 2009.

Pereira MA, Kartashov AI, Ebbeling CB, et al. "Fast-Food Habits, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance (the CARDIA Study): 15-Year Prospective Analysis." Lancet, 365(9453): 36-42, 2005.

Powell LM and Bao Y. "Food Prices, Access to Food Outlets and Child Weight." Economics and Human Biology, 7(1): 64-72, 2009.

Powell LM, Chaloupka FJ and Bao Y. "The Availability of Fast-Food and Full-Service Restaurants in the United States: Associations with Neighborhood Characteristics." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4 Suppl): S240-5, 2007.

Powell LM and Bao Y. "Food Prices, Access to Food Outlets and Child Weight." Economics & Human Biology, 7(1): 64-72, 2009.

Prentice AM and Jebb SA. "Fast Foods, Energy Density and Obesity: A Possible Mechanistic Link." Obesity Reviews, 4(4): 187-94, 2003.

Reedy J, Krebs-Smith SM and Bosire C. "Evaluating the Food Environment Application of the Healthy Eating Index-2005." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2010.

Saelens BE, Glanz K, Sallis JF, et al. "Nutrition Environment Measures Study in Restaurants (NEMS-R): Development and Evaluation." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(4): 273-81, 2007.

Satia JA, Galanko JA and Siega-Riz AM. "Eating at Fast-Food Restaurants is Associated with Dietary Intake, Demographic, Psychosocial and Behavioural Factors among African Americans in North Carolina." Public Health Nutrition, 7(8): 1089-96, 2004.

Schmidt M, Affenito SG, Striegel-Moore R, et al. "Fast-Food Intake and Diet Quality in Black and White Girls: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 159(7): 626-31, 2005.

Sharkey JR. "Measuring Potential Access to Food Stores and Food-Service Places in Rural Areas in the U.S." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4 Suppl): S151-5, 2009.

Sharkey JR, Horel S, Han D, et al. "Association between Neighborhood Need and Spatial Access to Food Stores and Fast Food Restaurants in Neighborhoods of Colonias." International Journal of Health Geographics, 8: 9, 2009.

Simon PA, Kwan D, Angelescu A, et al. "Proximity of Fast Food Restaurants to Schools: Do Neighborhood Income and Type of School Matter?" Preventive Medicine, 47(3): 284-8, 2008.

Smoyer-Tomic KE, Spence JC, Raine KD, et al. "The Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Supermarkets and Fast Food Outlets." Health & Place, 14(4): 740-54, 2008.

Sturm R. "Disparities in the Food Environment Surrounding US Middle and High Schools." Public Health, 122(7): 681-90, 2008.

Thompson OM, Ballew C, Resnicow K, et al. "Food Purchased Away from Home as a Predictor of Change in BMI z-Score among Girls." International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, 28(2): 282-9, 2004.

Thornton LE, Bentley RJ and Kavanagh AM. "Fast Food Purchasing and Access to Fast Food Restaurants: A Multilevel Analysis of VicLANES." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6: 28, 2009.

Timperio AF, Ball K, Roberts R, et al. "Children's Takeaway and Fast-Food Intakes: Associations with the Neighbourhood Food Environment." Public Health Nutrition, 12(10): 1960-4, 2009.

Wiecha JL, Finkelstein D, Troped PJ, et al. "School Vending Machine use and Fast-Food Restaurant use are Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Youth." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106(10): 1624-30, 2006.

Zenk SN and Powell LM. "US Secondary Schools and Food Outlets." Health & Place, 14(2): 336-46, 2008.

Fruits and Vegetables

Algert SJ, Agrawal A and Lewis DS. "Disparities in Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods in Los Angeles." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(5): 365-70, 2006.

Anderson JV, Bybee DI, Brown RM, et al. "5 a Day Fruit and Vegetable Intervention Improves Consumption in a Low Income Population." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 101(2): 195-202, 2001.

Befort C, Kaur H, Nollen N, et al. "Fruit, Vegetable, and Fat Intake among Non-Hispanic Black and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents: Associations with Home Availability and Food Consumption Settings." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106(3): 367-73, 2006.

Bertrand L, Therien F and Cloutier MS. "Measuring and Mapping Disparities in Access to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Montreal." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99(1): 6-11, 2008.

Bodor JN, Rose D, Farley TA, et al. "Neighbourhood Fruit and Vegetable Availability and Consumption: The Role of Small Food Stores in an Urban Environment." Public Health Nutrition, 11(4): 413-20, 2008.

Caldwell EM, Miller Kobayashi M, DuBow WM, et al. "Perceived Access to Fruits and Vegetables Associated with Increased Consumption." Public Health Nutrition, 12(10): 1743-50, 2009.

Cullen KW, Baranowski T, Owens E, et al. "Availability, Accessibility, and Preferences for Fruit, 100% Fruit Juice, and Vegetables Influence Children's Dietary Behavior." Health Education & Behavior, 30(5): 615-26, 2003.

Dave JM, Evans AE, Pfeiffer KA, et al. "Correlates of Availability and Accessibility of Fruits and Vegetables in Homes of Low-Income Hispanic Families." Health Education Research, 25(1): 97-108, 2010.

Drouin S, Hamelin AM and Ouellet D. "Economic Access to Fruits and Vegetables in the Greater Quebec City: Do Disparities Exist?" Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100(5): 361-4, 2009.

Dubowitz T, Heron M, Bird CE, et al. "Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Whites, Blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States." The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87(6): 1883-91, 2008.

Edmonds J, Baranowski T, Baranowski J, et al. "Ecological and Socioeconomic Correlates of Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Consumption among African-American Boys." Preventive Medicine, 32(6): 476-81, 2001.

French SA and Stables G. "Environmental Interventions to Promote Vegetable and Fruit Consumption among Youth in School Settings." Preventive Medicine, 37: 593-610, 2003.

Heim S, Stang J and Ireland M. "A Garden Pilot Project Enhances Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Children." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109(7): 1220-6, 2009.

Hosler AS, Rajulu DT, Fredrick BL, et al. "Assessing Retail Fruit and Vegetable Availability in Urban and Rural Underserved Communities." Preventing Chronic Disease, 5(4): A123, 2008.

Jetter KM and Cassady DL. "Increasing Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Availability in a Low-Income Neighborhood Convenience Store: A Pilot Study." Health Promotion Practice, 2009.

Kropf ML, Holben DH, Holcomb JP,Jr, et al. "Food Security Status and Produce Intake and Behaviors of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children and Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Participants." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(11): 1903-8, 2007.

McCormack LA, Laska MN, Larson NI, et al. "Review of the Nutritional Implications of Farmers' Markets and Community Gardens: A Call for Evaluation and Research Efforts." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 110(3): 399-408, 2010.

Morland K and Filomena S. "Disparities in the Availability of Fruits and Vegetables between Racially Segregated Urban Neighbourhoods." Public Health Nutrition, 10(12): 1481-9, 2007.

Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, et al. "The Contextual Effects of Neighbourhood Access to Supermarkets and Convenience Stores on Individual Fruit and Vegetable Consumption." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(3): 198-201, 2008.

Pearson T, Russell J, Campbell MJ, et al. "Do 'Food Deserts' Influence Fruit and Vegetable Consumption?--A Cross-Sectional Study." Appetite, 45(2): 195-7, 2005.

Pouliot N and Hamelin AM. "Disparities in Fruit and Vegetable Supply: A Potential Health Concern in the Greater Quebec City Area." Public Health Nutrition, 12(11): 2051-9, 2009.

Powell LM, Auld MC, Chaloupka FJ, et al. "Access to Fast Food and Food Prices: Relationship with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Overweight among Adolescents." Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 17: 23-48, 2007.

Rose D and Richards R. "Food Store Access and Household Fruit and Vegetable use among Participants in the US Food Stamp Program." Public Health Nutrition, 7(8): 1081-8, 2004.

Slusser WM, Cumberland WG, Browdy BL, et al. "A School Salad Bar Increases Frequency of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Children Living in Low-Income Households." Public Health Nutrition, 10(12): 1490-6, 2007.

Smith DM, Cummins S, Taylor M, et al. "Neighbourhood Food Environment and Area Deprivation: Spatial Accessibility to Grocery Stores Selling Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Urban and Rural Settings." International Journal of Epidemiology, 39(1): 277-84, 2010.

Stephenson G, Lev L and Brewer L. When Things Don't Work: Some Insights into Why Farmers' Markets Close. Special Report 1073. Oregon State University Extension Service, 2008. Available at: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/sr/sr1073-e.pdf.

Timperio A, Ball K, Roberts R, et al. "Children's Fruit and Vegetable Intake: Associations with the Neighbourhood Food Environment." Preventive Medicine, 46(4): 331-5, 2008.

Twiss J, Dickinson J, Duma S, et al. "Community Gardens: Lessons Learned from California Healthy Cities and Communities." American Journal of Public Health, 93(9): 1435-8, 2003.

Webber CB, Sobal J and Dollahite JS. "Shopping for Fruits and Vegetables. Food and Retail Qualities of Importance to Low-Income Households at the Grocery Store." Appetite, 54(2): 297-303, 2010.

Winkler E, Turrell G and Patterson C. "Does Living in a Disadvantaged Area Entail Limited Opportunities to Purchase Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Terms of Price, Availability, and Variety? Findings from the Brisbane Food Study." Health & Place, 12(4): 741-8, 2006.

Winkler E, Turrell G and Patterson C. "Does Living in a Disadvantaged Area Mean Fewer Opportunities to Purchase Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in the Area? Findings from the Brisbane Food Study." Health & Place, 12(3): 306-19, 2006.

Yeh MC, Ickes SB, Lowenstein LM, et al. "Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among a Diverse Multi-Ethnic Population in the USA." Health Promotion International, 23(1): 42-51, 2008.

Zenk SN, Lachance LL, Schulz AJ, et al. "Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Urban Population." American Journal of Health Promotion, 23(4): 255-64, 2009.

Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Hollis-Neely T, et al. "Fruit and Vegetable Intake in African Americans Income and Store Characteristics." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(1): 1-9, 2005.

Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, et al. "Fruit and Vegetable Access Differs by Community Racial Composition and Socioeconomic Position in Detroit, Michigan." Ethnicity & Disease, 16(1): 275-80, 2006.

Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance LL, et al. "Multilevel Correlates of Satisfaction with Neighborhood Availability of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38(1): 48-59, 2009.

Grocery Stores and the Retail Food Environment

Alwitt LF and Donley TD. "Retail Stores in Poor Urban Neighborhoods." Journal of Consumer Affairs, 31(1): 139, 1997.

Andreyeva T, Blumenthal DM, Schwartz MB, et al. "Availability and Prices of Foods Across Stores and Neighborhoods: The Case of New Haven, Connecticut." Health Affairs, 27(5): 1381-8, 2008.

Beaulac J, Kristjansson E and Cummins S. "A Systematic Review of Food Deserts, 1966-2007." Preventing Chronic Disease, 6(3): A105, 2009.

Borradaile KE, Sherman S, Vander Veur SS, et al. "Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores." Pediatrics, 124(5): 1292-7, 2009.

Bustillos B, Sharkey JR, Anding J, et al. "Availability of More Healthful Food Alternatives in Traditional, Convenience, and Nontraditional Types of Food Stores in Two Rural Texas Counties." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109(5): 883-9, 2009.

Cheadle A, Psaty BM, Curry S, et al. "Community-Level Comparisons between the Grocery Store Environment and Individual Dietary Practices." Preventive Medicine, 20(2): 250-61, 1991.

Chung C and Myers J,Samuel L. "Do the Poor Pay More for Food? an Analysis of Grocery Store Availability and Food Price Disparities." Journal of Consumer Affairs, 33(2): 276, 1999.

Coveney J and O'Dwyer LA. "Effects of Mobility and Location on Food Access." Health & Place, 15(1): 45-55, 2009.

Creel JS, Sharkey JR, McIntosh A, et al. "Availability of Healthier Options in Traditional and Nontraditional Rural Fast-Food Outlets." BMC Public Health, 8: 395, 2008.

Cummins S, Petticrew M, Higgins C, et al. "Large Scale Food Retailing as an Intervention for Diet and Health: Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Natural Experiment." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(12): 1035-40, 2005.

Cummins S, Petticrew M, Sparks L, et al. "Large Scale Food Retail Interventions and Diet." BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 330(7493): 683-4, 2005.

Farley TA, Baker ET, Futrell L, et al. "The Ubiquity of Energy-Dense Snack Foods: A National Multicity Study." American Journal of Public Health, 100(2): 306-11, 2010.

Farley TA, Rice J, Bodor JN, et al. "Measuring the Food Environment: Shelf Space of Fruits, Vegetables, and Snack Foods in Stores." Journal of Urban Health, 86(5): 672-82, 2009.

Fisher BD and Strogatz DS. "Community Measures of Low-Fat Milk Consumption: Comparing Store Shelves with Households." American Journal of Public Health, 89(2): 235-7, 1999.

Ford PB and Dzewaltowski DA. "Disparities in Obesity Prevalence due to Variation in the Retail Food Environment: Three Testable Hypotheses." Nutrition Reviews, 66(4): 216-28, 2008.

Frank L, Kerr J, Saelens B, et al. "Food Outlet Visits, Physical Activity and Body Weight: Variations by Gender and Race-Ethnicity." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(2): 124-31, 2009.

Galvez MP, Hong L, Choi E, et al. "Childhood Obesity and Neighborhood Food-Store Availability in an Inner-City Community." Academic Pediatrics, 9(5): 339-43, 2009.

Galvez MP, Morland K, Raines C, et al. "Race and Food Store Availability in an Inner-City Neighbourhood." Public Health Nutrition, 11(6): 624-31, 2008.

Gans KM, Sheldon M, Tai R, et al. "Availability, Affordability, and Accessibility of a Healthful Diet in a Low-Income Community, Central Falls, Rhode Island, 2007-2008." Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(2): A43, 2010.

Gittelsohn J, Song HJ, Suratkar S, et al. "An Urban Food Store Intervention Positively Affects Food-Related Psychosocial Variables and Food Behaviors." Health Education & Behavior, 2009.

Gittelsohn J, Suratkar S, Song HJ, et al. "Process Evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: A Pilot Health Intervention Program with Supermarkets and Corner Stores in Baltimore City." Health Promotion Practice, 2009.

Glanz K, Sallis JF, Saelens BE, et al. "Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (NEMS-S): Development and Evaluation." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(4): 282-9, 2007.

Hosler AS. "Retail Food Availability, Obesity, and Cigarette Smoking in Rural Communities." The Journal of Rural Health, 25(2): 203-10, 2009.

Hosler AS, Varadarajulu D, Ronsani AE, et al. "Low-Fat Milk and High-Fiber Bread Availability in Food Stores in Urban and Rural Communities." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 12(6): 556-62, 2006.

Inagami S, Cohen DA, Finch BK, et al. "You are Where You Shop: Grocery Store Locations, Weight, and Neighborhoods." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 31(1): 10-7, 2006.

Inglis V, Ball K and Crawford D. "Socioeconomic Variations in Women's Diets: What is the Role of Perceptions of the Local Food Environment?" Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(3): 191-7, 2008.

Jago R, Baranowski T, Baranowski JC, et al. "Distance to Food Stores & Adolescent Male Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Mediation Effects." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4: 35, 2007.

Jetter KM and Cassady DL. "Increasing Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Availability in a Low-Income Neighborhood Convenience Store: A Pilot Study." Health Promotion Practice, 2009.

Jetter KM and Cassady DL. "The Availability and Cost of Healthier Food Alternatives." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(1): 38-44, 2006.

Kaufman P. "Rural Poor have Less Access to Supermarkets, Large Grocery Stores." Rural Development Perspectives, 13(3): 19-26, 1998.

Laraia BA, Siega-Riz AM, Kaufman JS, et al. "Proximity of Supermarkets is Positively Associated with Diet Quality Index for Pregnancy." Preventive Medicine, 39(5): 869-75, 2004.

Larsen K and Gilliland J. "A Farmers' Market in a Food Desert: Evaluating Impacts on the Price and Availability of Healthy Food." Health & Place, 15(4): 1158-62, 2009.

Larsen K and Gilliland J. "Mapping the Evolution of 'Food Deserts' in a Canadian City: Supermarket Accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961-2005." International Journal of Health Geographics, 7: 16, 2008.

Larson N, Story M and Nelson MC. Bringing Healthy Foods Home: Examining Inequalities in Access to Food Stores. Princeton, NJ: Healthy Eating Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 2008. Available at: http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/images/stories/her_research_briefs/her%20bringing%20healthy%20foods%20home_7-2008.pdf.

Laska MN, Borradaile KE, Tester J, et al. "Healthy Food Availability in Small Urban Food Stores: A Comparison of Four US Cities." Public Health Nutrition, : 1-5, 2009.

Levy J. 10 Ways to Get Healthy, Local Foods into Low-Income Neighborhoods. A Minneapolis Resource Guide. Minneapolis, MN: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007. Available at: http://www.iatp.org/iatp/publications.cfm?accountID=258&refID=97319.

Liese AD, Weis KE, Pluto D, et al. "Food Store Types, Availability, and Cost of Foods in a Rural Environment." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(11): 1916-23, 2007.

Liu GC, Wilson JS, Qi R, et al. "Green Neighborhoods, Food Retail and Childhood Overweight: Differences by Population Density." American Journal of Health Promotion, 21(4 Suppl): 317-25, 2007.

Moore LV and Diez Roux AV. "Associations of Neighborhood Characteristics with the Location and Type of Food Stores." American Journal of Public Health, 96(2): 325-31, 2006.

Morland K, Diez Roux AV and Wing S. "Supermarkets, Other Food Stores, and Obesity: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(4): 333-9, 2006.

Morland K and Filomena S. "The Utilization of Local Food Environments by Urban Seniors." Preventive Medicine, 47(3): 289-93, 2008.

Morland K, Wing S and Diez Roux A. "The Contextual Effect of the Local Food Environment on Residents' Diets: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study." American Journal of Public Health, 92(11): 1761-7, 2002.

Morland K, Wing S, Diez Roux A, et al. "Neighborhood Characteristics Associated with the Location of Food Stores and Food Service Places." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(1): 23-9, 2002.

Morton L and Blanchard T. "Starved for Access: Life in Rural America's Food Deserts." Rural Realities, 1(4): 1-10, 2007.

Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, et al. "Neighborhood Deprivation and Access to Fast-Food Retailing: A National Study." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(5): 375-82, 2007.

Pothukuchi K. "Attracting Supermarkets to Inner-City Neighborhoods: Economic Development Outside the Box." Economic Development Quarterly, 19(3): 232-44, 2005.

Powell LM, Auld MC, Chaloupka FJ, et al. "Associations between Access to Food Stores and Adolescent Body Mass Index." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4 Suppl 1): S301-7, 2007.

Powell LM and Bao Y. "Food Prices, Access to Food Outlets and Child Weight." Economics & Human Biology, 7(1): 64-72, 2009.

Rose D, Hutchinson PL, Bodor JN, et al. "Neighborhood Food Environments and Body Mass Index: The Importance of in-Store Contents." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37(3): 214-9, 2009.

Santos A. "Relation of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Food Store Availability with Dietary Intake Patterns and Health Markers in Female Japanese Dietetic Students." Nutrition, 2009.

Shaffer A. The Persistence of L.A.'s Grocery Gap: The Need for a New Food Policy and Approach to Market Development. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Food and Justice, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College, 2002. Available at: http://uepiapps.oxy.edu/pubs.htm.

Sharkey JR, Horel S, Han D, et al. "Association between Neighborhood Need and Spatial Access to Food Stores and Fast Food Restaurants in Neighborhoods of Colonias." International Journal of Health Geographics, 8: 9, 2009.

Smith DM, Cummins S, Taylor M, et al. "Neighbourhood Food Environment and Area Deprivation: Spatial Accessibility to Grocery Stores Selling Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Urban and Rural Settings." International Journal of Epidemiology, 39(1): 277-84, 2010.

Song HJ, Gittelsohn J, Kim M, et al. "A Corner Store Intervention in a Low-Income Urban Community is Associated with Increased Availability and Sales of some Healthy Foods." Public Health Nutrition, 12(11): 2060-7, 2009.

Sturm R and Datar A. "Body Mass Index in Elementary School Children, Metropolitan Area Food Prices and Food Outlet Density." Public Health, 119(12): 1059-68, 2005.

Vallianatos M, Azuma AM, Gilliland S, et al. "Food Access, Availability, and Affordability in 3 Los Angeles Communities, Project CAFE, 2004-2006." Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(2): A27, 2010.

Webber CB, Sobal J and Dollahite JS. "Shopping for Fruits and Vegetables. Food and Retail Qualities of Importance to Low-Income Households at the Grocery Store." Appetite, 54(2): 297-303, 2010.

Wrigley N, Warm D and Margetts B. "Deprivation, Diet, and Food-Retail Access: Findings from the Leeds 'Food Deserts' Study." Environment and Planning A, 35(1): 151-88, 2003.

Wrigley N, Warm D, Margetts B, et al. "Assessing the Impact of Improved Retail Access on Diet in a 'Food Desert': A Preliminary Report." Urban Studies, 39(11): 2061-82, 2002.

Zenk SN, Lachance LL, Schulz AJ, et al. "Neighborhood Retail Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Urban Population." American Journal of Health Promotion, 23(4): 255-64, 2009.

Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Israel BA, et al. "Neighborhood Racial Composition, Neighborhood Poverty, and the Spatial Accessibility of Supermarkets in Metropolitan Detroit." American Journal of Public Health, 95(4): 660-7, 2005.

Neighborhood Characteristics

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Block D and Kouba J. "A Comparison of the Availability and Affordability of a Market Basket in Two Communities in the Chicago Area." Public Health Nutrition, 9(7): 837-45, 2006.

Borradaile KE, Sherman S, Vander Veur SS, et al. "Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores." Pediatrics, 124(5): 1292-7, 2009.

Bovell-Benjamin AC, Hathorn CS, Ibrahim S, et al. "Healthy Food Choices and Physical Activity Opportunities in Two Contrasting Alabama Cities." Health & Place, 15(2): 429-38, 2009.

Cummins S. "Neighbourhood Food Environment and Diet: Time for Improved Conceptual Models?" Preventive Medicine, 44(3): 196-7, 2007.

Cummins S and Macintyre S. "Food Environments and Obesity--Neighbourhood Or Nation?" International Journal of Epidemiology, 35(1): 100-4, 2006.

Edwards KL, Clarke GP, Ransley JK, et al. "The Neighbourhood Matters: Studying Exposures Relevant to Childhood Obesity and the Policy Implications in Leeds, UK." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009.

Franco M, Diez Roux AV, Glass TA, et al. "Neighborhood Characteristics and Availability of Healthy Foods in Baltimore." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35(6): 561-7, 2008.

Horowitz CR, Colson KA, Hebert PL, et al. "Barriers to Buying Healthy Foods for People with Diabetes: Evidence of Environmental Disparities." American Journal of Public Health, 94(9): 1549-54, 2004.

Inagami S, Cohen DA, Brown AF, et al. "Body Mass Index, Neighborhood Fast Food and Restaurant Concentration, and Car Ownership." Journal of Urban Health, 86(5): 683-95, 2009.

Kipke MD, Iverson E, Moore D, et al. "Food and Park Environments: Neighborhood-Level Risks for Childhood Obesity in East Los Angeles." The Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(4): 325-33, 2007.

Larson NI, Story MT and Nelson MC. "Neighborhood Environments: Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods in the U.S." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(1): 74-81, 2009.

Larson N and Story M. Food Insecurity and Risk for Obesity among Children and Families: Is there a Relationship? Research Brief. Princeton, NJ: Healthy Eating Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 2010. Available at: http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/publications-mainmenu-111/research-briefs-and-syntheses-mainmenu-114

Larson NI, Story MT and Nelson MC. "Neighborhood Environments: Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods in the U.S." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(1): 74-81, 2009.

Macintyre S. "Deprivation Amplification Revisited; Or, is it always True that Poorer Places have Poorer Access to Resources for Healthy Diets and Physical Activity?" The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4: 32, 2007.

Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, et al. "A National Study of the Association between Neighbourhood Access to Fast-Food Outlets and the Diet and Weight of Local Residents." Health & Place, 15(1): 193-7, 2009.

Powell LM, Slater S, Mirtcheva D, et al. "Food Store Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics in the United States." Preventive Medicine, 44(3): 189-95, 2007.

Sharkey JR, Horel S, Han D, et al. "Association between Neighborhood Need and Spatial Access to Food Stores and Fast Food Restaurants in Neighborhoods of Colonias." International Journal of Health Geographics, 8: 9, 2009.

Sloane DC, Diamant AL, Lewis LB, et al. "Improving the Nutritional Resource Environment for Healthy Living through Community-Based Participatory Research." Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18(7): 568-75, 2003.

Smith DM, Cummins S, Taylor M, et al. "Neighbourhood Food Environment and Area Deprivation: Spatial Accessibility to Grocery Stores Selling Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Urban and Rural Settings." International Journal of Epidemiology, 39(1): 277-84, 2010.

Smoyer-Tomic KE, Spence JC, Raine KD, et al. "The Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Supermarkets and Fast Food Outlets." Health & Place, 14(4): 740-54, 2008.

Timperio AF, Ball K, Roberts R, et al. "Children's Takeaway and Fast-Food Intakes: Associations with the Neighbourhood Food Environment." Public Health Nutrition, 12(10): 1960-4, 2009.

Vallianatos M, Azuma AM, Gilliland S, et al. "Food Access, Availability, and Affordability in 3 Los Angeles Communities, Project CAFE, 2004-2006." Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(2): A27, 2010.

Wang MC, Kim S, Gonzalez AA, et al. "Socioeconomic and Food-Related Physical Characteristics of the Neighbourhood Environment are Associated with Body Mass Index." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(6): 491-8, 2007.

Zenk SN, Schulz AJ, Lachance LL, et al. "Multilevel Correlates of Satisfaction with Neighborhood Availability of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables." Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38(1): 48-59, 2009.

Socioeconomic Characteristics

Baker EA, Schootman M, Barnidge E, et al. "The Role of Race and Poverty in Access to Foods that Enable Individuals to Adhere to Dietary Guidelines." Preventing Chronic Disease, 3(3): A76, 2006.

Borradaile KE, Sherman S, Vander Veur SS, et al. "Snacking in Children: The Role of Urban Corner Stores." Pediatrics, 124(5): 1292-7, 2009.

Darmon N and Drewnowski A. "Does Social Class Predict Diet Quality?" The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 87(5): 1107-17, 2008.

Delva J, O'Malley PM and Johnston LD. "Availability of More-Healthy and Less-Healthy Food Choices in American Schools: A National Study of Grade, racial/ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4 Suppl 1): S226-39, 2007.

Drouin S, Hamelin AM and Ouellet D. "Economic Access to Fruits and Vegetables in the Greater Quebec City: Do Disparities Exist?" Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100(5): 361-4, 2009.

Frank DA, Neault NB, Skalicky A, et al. "Heat Or Eat: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Nutritional and Health Risks among Children Less than 3 Years of Age." Pediatrics, 118(5): e1293-302, 2006.

Frank L, Kerr J, Saelens B, et al. "Food Outlet Visits, Physical Activity and Body Weight: Variations by Gender and Race-Ethnicity." British Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(2): 124-31, 2009.

Freedman DA and Bell BA. "Access to Healthful Foods among an Urban Food Insecure Population: Perceptions Versus Reality." Journal of Urban Health, 2009.

Fulp RS, McManus KD and Johnson PA. "Barriers to Purchasing Foods for a High-Quality, Healthy Diet in a Low-Income African American Community." Family & Community Health, 32(3): 206-17, 2009.

Gans KM, Sheldon M, Tai R, et al. "Availability, Affordability, and Accessibility of a Healthful Diet in a Low-Income Community, Central Falls, Rhode Island, 2007-2008." Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(2): A43, 2010.

Gittelsohn J and Sharma S. "Physical, Consumer, and Social Aspects of Measuring the Food Environment among Diverse Low-Income Populations." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4 Suppl 1): S161-5, 2009.

Hemphill E, Raine K, Spence JC, et al. "Exploring Obesogenic Food Environments in Edmonton, Canada: The Association between Socioeconomic Factors and Fast-Food Outlet Access." American Journal of Health Promotion, 22(6): 426-32, 2008.

Hurvitz PM, Moudon AV, Rehm CD, et al. "Arterial Roads and Area Socioeconomic Status are Predictors of Fast Food Restaurant Density in King County, WA." The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6: 46, 2009.

Kwate NO. "Fried Chicken and Fresh Apples: Racial Segregation as a Fundamental Cause of Fast Food Density in Black Neighborhoods." Health & Place, 14(1): 32-44, 2008.

Kwate NO, Yau CY, Loh JM, et al. "Inequality in Obesigenic Environments: Fast Food Density in New York City." Health & Place, 15(1): 364-73, 2009.

Langevin DD, Kwiatkowski C, McKay MG, et al. "Evaluation of Diet Quality and Weight Status of Children from a Low Socioeconomic Urban Environment Supports "at Risk" Classification." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(11): 1973-7, 2007.

Larson N and Story M. Food Insecurity and Risk for Obesity among Children and Families: Is there a Relationship? Research Brief. Princeton, NJ: Healthy Eating Research, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 2010. Available at: http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/publications-mainmenu-111/research-briefs-and-syntheses-mainmenu-114

Morgan-Smith G. "Reducing the Ethnic Disparities in Food Access." American Journal of Public Health, 97(2): 202, 2007.

Odoms-Young AM, Zenk S and Mason M. "Measuring Food Availability and Access in African-American Communities: Implications for Intervention and Policy." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4 Suppl): S145-50, 2009.

Reidpath DD, Burns C, Garrard J, et al. "An Ecological Study of the Relationship between Social and Environmental Determinants of Obesity." Health & Place, 8(2): 141-5, 2002.

Santos A. "Relation of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Food Store Availability with Dietary Intake Patterns and Health Markers in Female Japanese Dietetic Students." Nutrition, 2009.

Smith C and Morton LW. "Rural Food Deserts: Low-Income Perspectives on Food Access in Minnesota and Iowa." Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 41(3): 176-87, 2009.

Smoyer-Tomic KE, Spence JC, Raine KD, et al. "The Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Exposure to Supermarkets and Fast Food Outlets." Health & Place, 14(4): 740-54, 2008.

Tanumihardjo SA, Anderson C, Kaufer-Horwitz M, et al. "Poverty, Obesity, and Malnutrition: An International Perspective Recognizing the Paradox." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(11): 1966-72, 2007.

Vallianatos M, Azuma AM, Gilliland S, et al. "Food Access, Availability, and Affordability in 3 Los Angeles Communities, Project CAFE, 2004-2006." Preventing Chronic Disease, 7(2): A27, 2010.

Walker JL, Holben DH, Kropf ML, et al. "Household Food Insecurity is Inversely Associated with Social Capital and Health in Females from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Households in Appalachian Ohio." Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(11): 1989-93, 2007.

Winkler E, Turrell G and Patterson C. "Does Living in a Disadvantaged Area Entail Limited Opportunities to Purchase Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Terms of Price, Availability, and Variety? Findings from the Brisbane Food Study." Health & Place, 12(4): 741-8, 2006.

Winkler E, Turrell G and Patterson C. "Does Living in a Disadvantaged Area Mean Fewer Opportunities to Purchase Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in the Area? Findings from the Brisbane Food Study." Health & Place, 12(3): 306-19, 2006.