Measuring the Physical Food Environment and Its Relationship with Obesity

Evidence from California

Published In: Public Health, v. 124, no. 2, Feb. 2010, p. 115-118

Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2010

by Khoa Dang Truong, Meenakshi Maria Fernandes, Ruopeng An, Victoria Shier, Roland Sturm

This study proposes an alternative measure to the Retail Food Environment Index (RFEI) called the 'Physical Food Environment Indicator' (PFEI), and tests its association with adult body mass index (BMI) and obesity in California.

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