Introduction We examined the geographic distribution and sociodemographic and economic
characteristics of chronic disease prevalence in the US. Understanding disease prevalence …

Urgent calls by the younger generation and the scientific community to approach
sustainability only seem to scratch the surface of individuals' awareness while ecological …

Low-income families, especially those who reside in food deserts, face significant systemic
barriers regarding their ability to access affordable and nutritious food. The food behaviors …

Despite a myriad of potential pathways linking neighborhood change and gentrification to
health, existing quantitative measures failed to capture individual-level, self-reported …

Background There is considerable geographic heterogeneity in obesity prevalence across
counties in the United States. Machine learning algorithms accurately predict geographic …

Aims To examine the concurrent validity of the Chinese version of Physical Activity
Neighborhood Environment Scale (PANES-CHN) among urban adults in regional China …

Background In the United States (US), incidence of early age of onset colorectal cancer
(EOCRC, diagnosed< 50 years of age) has been increasing. Using a Bayesian analytic …

Ecological theories suggest that environmental, social, and individual factors interact to
cause obesity. Yet, many analytic techniques, such as multilevel modeling, require manual …

Simple Summary There is a critical gap in the literature regarding how community
engagement is employed to address animal cruelty and neglect. This study sought to …

Objective To examine differences in the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed diabetes by
county rurality. Patients and Methods This observational, cross-sectional study used US …