| Perceptions of the environment for eating and exercise in a rural community. | |
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PMID: 20303828 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To understand how members of a rural community perceive the effect of the built, natural, and social environments on their food choice and physical activity behaviors. METHODS: A constructivist community environmental assessment was conducted including 17 individual qualitative interviews, 2 focus groups, and photo elicitation (n = 27) in a rural northeastern community where over 60% of the adult population is overweight or obese. RESULTS: Participants described social, natural, and physical environmental factors that influenced their food choice and physical activity behaviors. Overweight and obesity were variably presented as an individual and/or a collective problem. Participants described conflicting goals for food choice and physical activity in the community, and an interrelationship between the social and physical environments. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: A community environmental assessment provides a view of the physical and social environments from the perspective of community residents that can serve as a foundation for locally tailored, community-based approaches to obesity prevention. |
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Authors:
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Mary Maley; Barbour S Warren; Carol M Devine |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-03-20 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Volume: 42 ISSN: 1878-2620 ISO Abbreviation: J Nutr Educ Behav Publication Date: 2010 May-Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-03 Completed Date: 2010-08-09 Revised Date: 2013-01-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132622 Medline TA: J Nutr Educ Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 185-91 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Society for Nutrition Education. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research, Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA. mm153@cornell.edu |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Diet / psychology* Exercise / psychology* Female Focus Groups Health Behavior* Humans Male Middle Aged Motor Activity Needs Assessment New York Overweight / etiology*, prevention & control Perception* Residence Characteristics Rural Population* Social Environment Young Adult |
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