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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Are perceived and objective distances to fresh food and physical activity resources associated with cardiometabolic risk? |
Author: | Baldock, K. Paquet, C. Howard, N. Coffee, N. Taylor, A. Daniel, M. |
Citation: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018; 15(2):224-1-224-17 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Katherine L. Baldock, Catherine Paquet, Natasha J. Howard, Neil T. Coffee, Anne W. Taylor and Mark Daniel |
Abstract: | Perceived and objective measures of neighbourhood features have shown limited correspondence. Few studies have examined whether discordance between objective measures and individual perceptions of neighbourhood environments relates to individual health. Individuals with mismatched perceptions may benefit from initiatives to improve understandings of resource availability. This study utilised data from n = 1491 adult participants in a biomedical cohort to evaluate cross-sectional associations between measures of access (perceived, objective, and perceived-objective mismatch) to fruit and vegetable retailers (FVR) and public open space (POS), and clinically-measured metabolic syndrome and its component risk factors: central obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and pre-diabetes/diabetes. Access measures included perceived distances from home to the nearest FVR and POS, corresponding objectively-assessed road network distances, and the discordance between perceived and objective distances (overestimated (i.e., mismatched) distances versus matched perceived-objective distances). Individual and neighbourhood measures were spatially joined using a geographic information system. Associations were evaluated using multilevel logistic regression, accounting for individual and area-level covariates. Hypertension was positively associated with perceived distances to FVR (odds ratio (OR) = 1.14, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02, 1.28) and POS (OR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.34), after accounting for covariates and objective distances. Hypertension was positively associated with overestimating distances to FVR (OR = 1.36, 95% CI = 1.02, 1.80). Overestimating distances to POS was positively associated with both hypertension (OR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.11, 1.83) and dyslipidaemia (OR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.00, 1.57). Results provide new evidence for specific associations between perceived and overestimated distances from home to nearby resources and cardiometabolic risk factors. |
Keywords: | Australia cardiometabolic risk factors food environment geographic information system neighbourhood perceptions physical activity environment |
Rights: | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph15020224 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/631917 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570150 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570139 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/631947 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020224 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Medicine publications |
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