Researchers are increasingly interested in understanding how food environments influence
eating behavior and weight-related health outcomes. Little is known about the dose–…

Objective Environmental exposure to food sources may underpin area level differences in
individual risk for overweight. Place of residence is generally used to assess neighbourhood …

Background There has been an increasing interest in urban agriculture (UA) practice and
research in recent years. Scholars have already reported numerous beneficial and potential …

Background Identification of socioeconomic and health inequalities at the local scale is
facilitated by using relevant small geographical sectors. Although these places are routinely …

Background: Marked increases in mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity
and overweight in the United States are well known. However, whether these average …

OBJECTIVES: Food insecurity in an important public health issue and affects 13% of Canadian
households. It is associated with poor accessibility to fresh, diverse and affordable food …

Context and objectives Neighbourhood effect research on obesity took off in the early 2000s
and was composed of mostly cross-sectional observational studies interested in various …

Urban agriculture (UA) is increasingly used as a strategy to improve food environments and
the aesthetic of urban areas in different socioeconomic contexts. However, little is known …

Few studies have assessed social inequalities in exposure to drinking water contaminants.
This study explores this issue in 593 rural municipalities of Québec, Canada. Quartiles of an …

It has become increasingly common to attribute part of the obesity epidemic to changes in the
environment. Identification of a clear and obvious role for contextual risk factors has not yet …