
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
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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