The changing food environment and neighborhood prevalence of type 2 diabetes

Cathleen D. Zick; David S. Curtis; Huong Meeks; Ken R. Smith; Barbara B. Brown; Kyle Kole; Lori Kowaleski-Jones

SSM: Population Health (Mar 2023)

The changing food environment and neighborhood prevalence of type 2 diabetes

Cathleen D. Zick,
David S. Curtis,
Huong Meeks,
Ken R. Smith,
Barbara B. Brown,
Kyle Kole,
Lori Kowaleski-Jones

Affiliations

Cathleen D. Zick: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA; Corresponding author. 225 S. 1400 E. Rm. 228, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
David S. Curtis: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA
Huong Meeks: Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, USA
Ken R. Smith: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA
Barbara B. Brown: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA
Kyle Kole: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA
Lori Kowaleski-Jones: Department of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah, USA; NEXUS Institute, University of Utah, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
p. 101338

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In this ecological study, we used longitudinal data to assess if changes in neighborhood food environments were associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence, controlling for a host of neighborhood characteristics and spatial error correlation. We found that the population-adjusted prevalence of fast-food and pizza restaurants, grocery stores, and full-service restaurants along with changes in their numbers from 1990 to 2010 were associated with 2015 T2DM prevalence. The results suggested that neighborhoods where fast-food restaurants have increased and neighborhoods where full-service restaurants have decreased over time may be especially important targets for educational campaigns or other public health-related T2DM interventions.

Published in SSM: Population Health

ISSN: 2352-8273 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ssm-population-health/

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