TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating change in the food environment over 10 years in urban New Zealand
T2 - A longitudinal and nationwide geospatial study
AU - Hobbs, Matthew
AU - Mackenbach, Joreintje Dingena
AU - Wiki, Jesse
AU - Marek, Lukas
AU - McLeod, Geraldine F. H.
AU - Boden, Joseph M.
N1 - Funding Information: LM and JW are supported by the GeoHealth Laboratory which is funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Health . Funding Information: CHDS is funded by Health Research Council of New Zealand Programme Grant 16/600 . Funding Information: JDM's work was funded by an NWO VENI grant on “Making the healthy choice easier – role of the local food environment” (grant number 451-17-032 ). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Background: While it is likely that changing food environments have contributed to the rise in obesity rates, very few studies have explored historical trends in the food environment with little, if any, consideration at a nationwide level. This longitudinal, nationwide, and geospatial study aims to examine change over time in proximity to food environments in all urban areas of New Zealand from 2005 to 2015. Method: This study used high quality food outlet data by area-level deprivation within the three largest urban areas of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. We hypothesise that distance and travel time by car to supermarkets and fast-food outlets will have decreased over time with the most notable decreases in distance and time occuring in the most deprived areas of urban New Zealand. Change in major chain “fast-food” and “supermarket” outlets as identified by Territorial Authorities between 2005 and 2015 was analysed through the use of multilevel regression models. Results: Findings show a decrease in distance and time to both fast-food outlets and supermarkets. The biggest decrease in distance for supermarkets was seen in the most deprived areas. Conclusion: Our findings contrast and add to previous evidence to demonstrate how changes in the food environment are not uniform, varying by area-level deprivation and by city with more equitable access to supermarkets occurring over time.
AB - Background: While it is likely that changing food environments have contributed to the rise in obesity rates, very few studies have explored historical trends in the food environment with little, if any, consideration at a nationwide level. This longitudinal, nationwide, and geospatial study aims to examine change over time in proximity to food environments in all urban areas of New Zealand from 2005 to 2015. Method: This study used high quality food outlet data by area-level deprivation within the three largest urban areas of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington. We hypothesise that distance and travel time by car to supermarkets and fast-food outlets will have decreased over time with the most notable decreases in distance and time occuring in the most deprived areas of urban New Zealand. Change in major chain “fast-food” and “supermarket” outlets as identified by Territorial Authorities between 2005 and 2015 was analysed through the use of multilevel regression models. Results: Findings show a decrease in distance and time to both fast-food outlets and supermarkets. The biggest decrease in distance for supermarkets was seen in the most deprived areas. Conclusion: Our findings contrast and add to previous evidence to demonstrate how changes in the food environment are not uniform, varying by area-level deprivation and by city with more equitable access to supermarkets occurring over time.
KW - Fast-food
KW - Food environment
KW - Geographical information systems
KW - Prospective cohort study
KW - Supermarkets
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33339682
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113522
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113522
M3 - Article
C2 - 33339682
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 269
JO - Social science & medicine (1982)
JF - Social science & medicine (1982)
M1 - 113522
ER -