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Background
Effects of food environments (FEs) on childhood obesity are mixed.
Objectives
To examine the association of residential FEs with childhood obesity and variation of the association across gender and urbanicity.
Methods
We used the US Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Kindergarten Cohort data, with 9440 kindergarteners followed up from 1998 to 2007. The Dun and Bradstreet commercial...
Background School neighborhood food environment is recognized as an important contributor to childhood obesity; however, large-scale and longitudinal studies remain limited. This study aimed to examine this association and its variation across gender and urbanicity at multiple geographic scales. Methods We used the US nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Kindergarten cohort...
This qualitative descriptive study explored children’s food choices in the home with particular attention to environmental influences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11- to 14-year-old children (n=47) from one middle school. A data-driven content analysis using selected principles of grounded theory was performed. Children’s food choices in the home emerged as a process that involved...
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