Neighbourhood-socioeconomic variation in women's diet : the role of nutrition environments Thornton, Lukar E., Crawford, David and Ball, Kylie 2010, Neighbourhood-socioeconomic variation in women's diet : the role of nutrition environments, European journal of clinical nutrition, vol. 64, pp. 1423-1432, doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.174. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Neighbourhood-socioeconomic variation in women's diet : the role of nutrition environments Author(s) Thornton, Lukar E. orcid.org/0000-0001-8759-8671 Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Ball, Kylie orcid.org/0000-0003-2893-8415 Journal name European journal of clinical nutrition Volume number 64 Start page 1423 End page 1432 Total pages 10 Publisher Nature Publishing Group Place of publication Basingstoke, England Publication date 2010-09-01 ISSN 0954-3007 Keyword(s) Socioeconomic status Neighbourhood Food intake Fast foods Fruits Vegetables Summary Background/Objectives: Living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods is associated with increased risk of a poor diet; however, the mechanisms underlying associations are not well understood. This study investigated whether selected healthy and unhealthy dietary behaviours are patterned by neighbourhood-socioeconomic disadvantage, and if so, whether features of the neighbourhood–nutrition environment explain these associations. Subjects/Methods: A survey was completed by 1399 women from 45 neighbourhoods of varying levels of socioeconomic disadvantage in Melbourne, Australia. Survey data on fruit, vegetable and fast-food consumption were linked with data on food store locations (supermarket, greengrocer and fast-food store density and proximity) and within-store factors (in-store data on price and availability for supermarkets and greengrocers) obtained through objective audits. Multilevel regression analyses were used to examine associations of neighbourhood disadvantage with fruit, vegetable and fast-food consumption, and to test whether nutrition environment factors mediated these associations. Results: After controlling for individual-level demographic and socioeconomic factors, neighbourhood disadvantage was associated with less vegetable consumption and more fast-food consumption, but not with fruit consumption. Some nutrition environmental factors were associated with both neighbourhood disadvantage and with diet. Nutrition environmental features did not mediate neighbourhood-disadvantage variations in vegetable or fast-food consumption. Conclusions: Although we found poorer diets among women living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Melbourne, the differences were not attributable to less supportive nutrition environments in these neighbourhoods. Language eng DOI 10.1038/ejcn.2010.174 Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920206 Health Inequalities HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2010, Nature Publishing Group Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032113 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 05 Jan 2011, 09:19:39 EST Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 09:56:22 EST Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 09:57:18 EST Tue, 14 Jun 2011, 16:35:32 EST Tue, 20 May 2014, 15:15:20 EST Tue, 20 May 2014, 15:16:49 EST Fri, 23 May 2014, 13:48:14 EST Mon, 16 Dec 2019, 10:35:42 EST Thu, 07 Jul 2022, 22:37:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 68 times in TR Web of Science Cited 70 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1174 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 05 Jan 2011, 09:19:34 EST by Jane Moschetti