How perceptions of community environment influence health behaviours: using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked
to Obesity Framework as a mechanism for exploration

Nieuwendyk, Laura M.; Belon, Ana Paula; Vallianatos, Helen; Raine, Kim D.; Schopflocher, Donald; Spence, John C.; Plotnikoff, Ronald C.; Nykiforuk, Candace I. J.

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“…eating appropriateness standards, situational norms including social facilitation and modelling of food intake) are understudied [23][24][25]. Moreover, scholars have treated the physical and social food environment as if these are two independent environmental influences on food consumption [26][27][28]. However, there are indications that these influences are linked; specifically, that the physical food environment may contribute to social norms regarding appropriate eating [23,29], thereby affecting food choices [19,20,30,31].…”

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Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption: the mediating role of neighbourhood social norms

Rongen

Poelman

Thornton

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Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background The association between the residential fast food environment and diet has gained growing attention. However, why the food environment affects food consumption is under-examined. This study aimed to investigate neighbourhood social norms with respect to fast food consumption as a potential mediating pathway between residential fast food outlet exposure and residents’ fast food consumption. Methods A correlational study was conducted in which a nationwide sample of 1038 respondents living across The Netherlands completed a survey. Respondents reported their fast food consumption (amount/week) as well as perceived descriptive and injunctive norms regarding fast food consumption in their neighbourhood. Fast food outlet exposure was measured by the average count of fast food outlets within a 400 m walking distance buffer around the zip-codes of the respondents, using a retail outlet database. Regression models were used to assess associations between residential fast food outlet exposure, fast food consumption, and social norm perceptions, and a bootstrapping procedure was used to test the indirect -mediation- effect. Separate analyses were performed for descriptive norms and injunctive norms. Results There was no overall or direct association between residential fast food outlet exposure and residents’ fast food consumption. However, fast food outlet exposure was positively associated with neighbourhood social norms (descriptive and injunctive) regarding fast food consumption, which in turn were positively associated with the odds of consuming fast food. Moreover, results of the bootstrapped analysis provided evidence of indirect effects of fast food outlet exposure on fast food consumption, via descriptive norms and injunctive norms. Conclusions In neighbourhoods with more fast food outlets, residents were more likely to perceive fast food consumption in the neighbourhood as more common and appropriate. In turn, stronger neighbourhood social norms were associated with higher fast food consumption. Acknowledging the correlational design, this study is the first that implies that neighbourhood social norms may be a mediating pathway in the relation between the residential fast food environment and fast food consumption. Future research may examine the role of neighbourhood social norms in other contexts and explore how the changing food environment may shift our consumption norms.

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Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption: the mediating role of neighbourhood social norms

Rongen

Poelman

Thornton

et al. 2020

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…Environmental factors, in particular, may be decisive of food choices, as these factors affect not only the availability and choices of food products but also the development of specific preferences [ 4 ]. Environment can be distinguished into four different types as follows: physical, political, sociocultural, and economic [ 5 ]. However, all the factors associated with the environment may influence the availability of food products for purchase [ 6 ] and determine the food choices in a household [ 7 ].…”

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Analysis of Environmental Determinants of Heme and Nonheme Iron Intake in a National Sample of Polish Adolescents

Skolmowska

Głąbska

2021

IJERPH

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Intake of sufficient amounts of iron by adolescents is a matter of great concern. Therefore, it is crucial to determine the factors that may influence iron intake in this specific population. The present study aimed to analyze the environmental determinants of the intake of heme and nonheme iron in a national homogenous sample of Polish adolescents. Adolescents (aged 15–20 years) were randomly chosen from all the regions of Poland by performing a sampling of secondary schools (random quota sampling). The total iron intake, as well as the intake of heme iron, nonheme iron, animal iron, plant iron, and iron from various food products, was assessed among 1,385 female respondents and 1,025 male respondents using the validated IRON Intake Calculation—Food Frequency Questionnaire (IRONIC-FFQ). The intake was compared between the subgroups stratified by meat intake in the region, gross domestic product (GDP) in the region, and size of the city (rural vs. urban environment). It was observed that meat intake in the region did not influence the intake of total iron, as well as the intake of heme iron, nonheme iron, animal iron, plant iron, and iron from various food products (p > 0.05). However, GDP and the size of the city were determined as the most influencing factors, as they were associated with iron intake in both female and male adolescents, with the most prominent differences between the subgroups found in the case of females. Female adolescents from high-GDP regions had significantly higher intake of heme iron (p = 0.0047) and animal iron (p = 0.0029), and lower intake of nonheme iron compared to those from low-GDP regions (p = 0.0342). The total iron intake was higher among female adolescents who were from medium cities than those from big cities (p = 0.0350), but significantly higher animal iron intake (p = 0.0404) and plant iron intake (p = 0.0385) were observed among females from villages and small towns compared to females from other groups. Based on the results, it may be concluded that size of the city and the economic status of the region are the most important environmental determinants of iron intake in adolescents and, hence, they should be taken into account while developing educational programs, especially for the female adolescent population.

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“…The ANGELO framework (analysis grid for environments linked to obesity) has been widely used (e.g. Kirk et al, 2010;Nieuwendyk et al, 2016;Simmons et al, 2009) to gain a concrete understanding of the aspects of environments that specifically impair or support healthy diets. This framework distinguishes between the influence of micro environments (i.e.…”

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“…eating appropriateness standards, situational norms including social facilitation and modelling of food intake) are understudied (De Ridder et al, 2013;Herman & Polivy, 2005;Suglia et al, 2016). Moreover, scholars have treated the physical and social food environment as if these are two independent environmental influences on food consumption (Carroll-Scott et al, 2013;Kirk et al, 2010;Nieuwendyk et al, 2016). However, there are indications that these influences are linked; specifically, that the physical food environment may contribute to social norms regarding appropriate eating (De Ridder et al, 2013;Thompson, Ponsford, Lewis, & Cummins, 2018), thereby affecting food choices (Burger et al, 2010;Higgs, 2015;Prinsen et al, 2013;Robinson et al, 2014).…”

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Social contextual influences on unhealthy food consumption : A psychological approach

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Table of contents Chapter 1General introduction Chapter 2Identifying social norms in physical aspects of food environments: A photo study Chapter 3Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption:The mediating role of neighbourhood social norms Chapter 4Dealing with too little: The direct experience of scarcity does not affect snack intake Chapter 5The effect of personal relative deprivation on food choice: An experimental approach Chapter 6 General discussion Supplementary material Supplementary material Chapter 2 Supplementary material Chapter 3 Supplementary material Chapter 4

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How perceptions of community environment influence health behaviours: using the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity Framework as a mechanism for exploration

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption: the mediating role of neighbourhood social norms

Neighbourhood fast food exposure and consumption: the mediating role of neighbourhood social norms

Analysis of Environmental Determinants of Heme and Nonheme Iron Intake in a National Sample of Polish Adolescents

Social contextual influences on unhealthy food consumption : A psychological approach

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