Neighborhood and Home Food Environment and Children's Diet and Obesity: Evidence From Military Personnel's Installation Assignment

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Researchers used previous data from The Military Teenagers' Environments, Exercise, and Nutrition Study (M-TEENS) to determine an association between the neighborhood food environment and children's dietary behaviors, body mass index, and weight gain in Army families. Results indicated that focusing only on the neighborhood food environment may ignore important factors that influence children's dietary behaviors.

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Shier, V., Nicosia, N., Datar, A. (2016). Neighborhood and Home Food Environment and Children's Diet and Obesity: Evidence From Military Personnel's Installation Assignment. Social Science & Medicine, 158, 122-131. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.043