Association between Travel Times and Food Procurement Practices among Female Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants in Eastern North Carolina

Concerning Limitations of Food-Environment Research: A Narrative Review and Commentary Framed around Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases in Youth

“…Indeed, studies have shown that other concerns may trump physical proximity because individuals rarely shop at their nearest markets. [109][110][111][112][113] For example, travel times may relate to food procurement, 114 and access to private vehicles or public transportation may be modifiers of the role local food environments play. 21,115-118…”

Driving towards obesity: A systematized literature review on the association between motor vehicle travel time and distance and weight status in adults

“…The study designs consisted of seven cross-sectional (Florez Pregonero et al, 2012;Frank et al, 2004Frank et al, , 2010Goodman et al, 2012;Jilcott et al, 2011;Swanson and McCormack, 2012;Yang and French, 2013), two longitudinal/ecological (Behzad et al, 2012;Jacobson and King, 2009), and one prospective cohort study (Nunez-Cordoba et al, 2013). All but two studies reported recruitment of participants using probability sampling -Nunez-Cordoba et al (2013) recruited a purposive sample of university students while Jilcott et al (2011) recruited women from a Department of Social Services waiting room area. Response rates among studies reporting estimates ranged from 16% (Goodman et al, 2012) to 85.5% (NunezCordoba et al, 2013).…”

“…One study however, focused on the relationship between driving behavior and weight status among older adults only (≥50 years of age) (Frank et al, 2010). All but one study sample included both men and women (Jilcott et al, 2011).…”

“…Driving distance and time were commonly captured over a period of a day (Frank et al, 2004(Frank et al, , 2010Jilcott et al, 2011;Yang and French, 2013), week (Florez Pregonero et al, 2012;Goodman et al, 2012;Swanson and McCormack, 2012), or year (Behzad et al, 2012;Jacobson and King, 2009;Nunez-Cordoba et al, 2013). While not specifying how data were originally captured, Jacobson and King (2009) and Behzad et al (2012) used existing US transportation data on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per licensed driver (LD).…”

Advancing Rural Food Access Policy Research Priorities: Process and Potential of a Transdisciplinary Working Group

“…Equally problematic, the few food retailers located in rural communities tend to offer fewer and often more expensive healthier options (Liese, Weis, Pluto, Smith, & Lawson, 2007;O'Connell, Buchwald, & Duncan, 2011). Not surprisingly, a number of studies find rural residents overcome significant transportation hurdles to access healthy, affordable foods, including longer, more expensive commutes, and higher transportation costs Jilcott, Moore, Wall-Bassett, Liu, & Saelens, 2011;Sharkey, Horel, Han, & Huber, 2009;Smith & Morton, 2009;Yousefian, Leighton, Fox, & Hartley, 2011). Research also commonly characterizes rural food environments as complex systems encompassing a variety of traditional and nontraditional sources, including but not limited to retail food outlets; farm-to-consumer outlets; mass merchandisers; flea markets; fast-food restaurants and/or convenience stores nested within gas stations; gardening; hunting; and reliance on neighbors (Dean, Sharkey, & St. John, 2011;Sharkey, Dean, & Johnson, 2012;Sharkey, Johnson, Dean, & Horel, 2011;Valdez, Dean, & Sharkey, 2012;Van Hoesen, Bunkley, & Currier, 2013;Wegener & Hanning, 2010;Yousefian et al, 2011).…”