Hobbs, M., Green, M., Griffiths, C. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) How different data sources and definitions of neighbourhood influence the association between food outlet availability and body mass index: a cross-sectional study. Perspectives in Public Health. ISSN 1757-9139
Abstract
Inconsistencies in methodologies continue to inhibit understanding of the impact of the environment on body mass index (BMI). To estimate the effect of these differences, we assessed the impact of using different definitions of neighbourhood and data sets on associations between food outlet availability within the environment and BMI. Previous research has not extended this to show any differences in the strength of associations between food outlet availability and BMI across both different definitions of neighbourhood and data sets. Descriptive statistics showed differences in the number of food outlets, particularly other food retail outlets between different data sets and definitions of neighbourhood. Despite these differences, our key finding was that across both different definitions of neighbourhood and data sets, there was very little difference in size of associations between food outlets and BMI. Researchers should consider and transparently report the impact of methodological choices such as the definition of neighbourhood and acknowledge any differences in associations between the food environment and BMI.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Perspectives in Public Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2016 14:09 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2018 05:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757913916650916 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1757913916650916 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:103885 |