Browsing by Author "Gustafson, Alison"
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Association between Spatial Access to Food Outlets, Frequency of Grocery Shopping, and Objectively-Assessed and Self-Reported Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
McGuirt, Jared T.; Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott; Gustafson, Alison (2018-12-13)Because supermarkets are a critical part of the community food environment, the purpose of this paper is to examine the association between accessibility to the supermarket where participants were surveyed, frequency of ... -
Direct Effects of the Home, School, and Consumer Food Environments on the Association between Food Purchasing Patterns and Dietary Intake among Rural Adolescents in Kentucky and North Carolina, 2017
Gustafson, Alison; Pitts, Stephanie Jilcott; McDonald, Jordan; Ford, Hannah; Connelly, Paige; Gillespie, Rachel; Liu, Emily; Bush, Heather; Brancato, Candace; Babatunde, Oyinlola Toyin; Mullins, Janet (2017-10-21)Background: Obesity rates are higher among rural versus urban adolescents. To examine possible mechanisms for the rural-urban adolescent obesity disparity, we examined the direct and indirect effects of food purchasing ... -
Farmers’ market use is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in diverse southern rural communities
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Gustafson, Alison; Wu, Qiang; Mayo, Mariel Leah; Ward, Rachel K.; McGuirt, Jared T.; Rafferty, Ann P.; Lancaster, Mandee F.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Keyserling, Thomas C.; Ammerman, Alice S. (2014)Background While farmers’ markets are a potential strategy to increase access to fruits and vegetables in rural areas, more information is needed regarding use of farmers’ markets among rural residents. Thus, this study’s ... -
Food venue choice, consumer food environment, but not food venue availability within daily travel patterns are associated with dietary intake among adults, Lexington Kentucky 2011
Gustafson, Alison; Christian, Jay W; Lewis, Sarah; Moore, Kate; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2013)Objective The retail food environment may be one important determinant of dietary intake. However, limited research focuses on individuals’ food shopping behavior and activity within the retail food environment. This ... -
Food venue choice, consumer food environment, but not food venue availability within daily travel patterns are associated with dietary intake among adults, Lexington Kentucky 2011
Gustafson, Alison; Christian, Jay W; Lewis, Sarah; Moore, Kate; Jilcott, Stephanie (2013-01-29)The retail food environment may be one important determinant of dietary intake. However, limited research focuses on individuals' food shopping behavior and activity within the retail food environment. This study's aims ... -
Measures of the consumer food store environment: A systematic review of the evidence 2000-2011
Gustafson, Alison; Hankins, Scott; Jilcott, Stephanie (2012-08)Description of the consumer food environment has proliferated in publication. However, there has been a lack of systematic reviews focusing on how the consumer food environment is associated with the following: (1) ... -
Measures of the Consumer Food Store Environment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence 2000–2011
Gustafson, Alison; Hankins, Scott; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2011-12)Description of the consumer food environment has proliferated in publication. However, there has been a lack of systematic reviews focusing on how the consumer food environment is associated with the following: (1) ... -
A Mentor-Led Text-Messaging Intervention Increases Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Goal Setting for Healthier Dietary Consumption among Rural Adolescents in Kentucky and North Carolina, 2017
Gustafson, Alison; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; McQuerry, Kristen; Babatunde, Oyinlola Toyin; Mullins, Janet (2019-03-11)Text-messaging interventions hold promise for successful weight loss interventions. However, there is limited research on text-messaging interventions to improve dietary intake among rural adolescents, who are at greater ... -
Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky
Gustafson, Alison; Lewis, Sarah; Wilson, Corey; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2012)Background Based on the need for better measurement of the retail food environment in rural settings and to examine how deprivation may be unique in rural settings, the aims of this study were: 1) to validate one commercially ...