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Is the objective food environment associated with perceptions of the food environment?

Williams, Lauren K., Thornton, Lukar, Ball, Kylie and Crawford, David 2012, Is the objective food environment associated with perceptions of the food environment?, Public health nutrition, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 291-298.

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Title Is the objective food environment associated with perceptions of the food environment?
Author(s) Williams, Lauren K.
Thornton, Lukar
Ball, Kylie
Crawford, David
Journal name Public health nutrition
Volume number 15
Issue number 2
Start page 291
End page 298
Total pages 7
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Place of publication Cambridge, England
Publication date 2012-02
ISSN 1368-9800
Keyword(s) Food environment
Women
Nutrition
Environment perceptions
Summary Objective The present study examined whether objective measures of the food environment are associated with perceptions of the food environment and whether this relationship varies by socio-economic disadvantage.

Design The study is a cross-sectional analysis of self-report surveys and objective environment data. Women reported their perceptions on the nutrition environment. Participants’ homes and food stores were geocoded to measure the objective community nutrition environment. Data on the average price and variety of fruit and vegetables were used to measure the objective consumer nutrition environment.

Setting The study was conducted in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003–2004.

Subjects Data presented are from a sample of 1393 women aged 18–65 years.

Results Overall the match between the perceived and objective environment was poor, underscoring the limitations in using perceptions of the environment as a proxy for the objective environment. Socio-economic disadvantage had limited impact on the relationship between perceived and objective nutrition environment.

Conclusions Further research is needed to understand the determinants of perceptions of the nutrition environment to enhance our understanding of the role of perceptions in nutrition choices and drivers of socio-economic inequalities in nutrition.
Language eng
Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 920411 Nutrition
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2012, Cambridge University Press
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046191

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