WEIRD and non-consensual food deserts and swamps: A sco** review of operational definitions

G Ares, S Turra, L Bonilla, M Costa, S Verdier, G Brunet… - Health & Place, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to critically analyze operational definitions of food deserts
and food swamps included in empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals. A …

[HTML][HTML] A detour for snacks and beverages? A cross-sectional assessment of selective daily mobility bias in food outlet exposure along the commuting route and …

L Wei, JD Mackenbach, MP Poelman, R Vermeulen… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
The evidence of selective daily mobility bias distorting exposure-health associations is
limited. Using 7-day smartphone-based global positioning system (GPS) tracking data for 67 …

Changes of Grocery Shop** Frequencies and Associations with Food Deserts during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

J Li, C Kim, D Cuadros, Z Yao, P Jia - Journal of Urban Health, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered people's lives in multiple aspects,
including grocery shop** behaviors. Yet, the changing trend of grocery shop** …

[HTML][HTML] Survey-derived activity space-based exposures to fast food outlets and their cross-sectional associations with use of fast food outlets, diet quality and BMI

JD Mackenbach, MJ Widener, E van der Gaag… - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a need for conceptual and methodological innovation in food environment-health
research. We compared different operationalizations of survey-derived activity space …

Time-varying exposure to food retailers and cardiovascular disease hospitalization and mortality in the netherlands: a nationwide prospective cohort study

MGM Pinho, Y Koop, JD Mackenbach, J Lakerveld… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Very few studies to date investigated the prospective association of changes in
exposure to the food environment with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We aim to explore …

[HTML][HTML] Who uses what food retailers? A cluster analysis of food retail usage in the Netherlands

JC Hoenink, M Eisink, J Adams, MGM Pinho… - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to describe how individuals use different food retailers and how food
retail usage varies according to socio-demographic and diet-related characteristics. A cross …

Fast‐food environments and BMI changes in the Dutch adult general population: the Lifelines cohort

CPL van Erpecum, SKR van Zon, T **e, H Snieder… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study investigated cross‐sectional and longitudinal associations of fast‐food
outlet exposure with BMI and BMI change, as well as moderation by age and genetic …

The importance of availability of, proximity to, and use of food retailers in relation to snack consumption–a cross-sectional mediation analysis in the Eet & Leef study

MA Alves, MG Matias de Pinho, JD Mackenbach - Cities & Health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Food access can have a substantial impact on food consumption and health. International
literature suggests that density metrics are best used to measure access to food retailer, with …

Effects of changes in residential fast-food outlet exposure on Body Mass Index change: longitudinal evidence from 92,211 Lifelines participants

CPL van Erpecum, SKR van Zon, U Bültmann… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Evidence on the association between fast-food outlet exposure and Body Mass
Index (BMI) remains inconsistent and is primarily based on cross-sectional studies. We …

Snacking for a reason: detangling effects of socio-economic position and stress on snacking behaviour

M Gillebaart, C Schlinkert, MP Poelman… - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background As snacking can be considered a cornerstone of an unhealthy diet,
investigating psychological drivers of snacking behaviour is urgent, and therefore the …