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Approaches to measuring the extent and impact of environmental change in three California community-level obesity prevention initiatives

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  • Cheadle, A.
  • Samuels, S.E.
  • Rauzon, S.
  • Yoshida, S.C.
  • Schwartz, P.M.
  • Boyle, M.
  • Beery, W.L.
  • Craypo, L.
  • Solomon, L.

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Despite growing support amongpublichealthresearchers and practitioners for environmental approaches to obesity prevention, there is a lack of empirical evidence from intervention studies showing a favorable impact of either increased healthy food availability on healthy eating or changes in the built environment on physical activity. It is therefore critical thatwe carefullyevaluate initiatives targeting the community environment to expand the evidence base for environmental interventions. We describe the approaches used to measure the extent and impact of environmental change in 3 community-level obesityprevention initiatives in California. We focus on measuring changes in the community environment and assessing the impact of those changes on residents most directly exposed to the interventions.

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  • Cheadle, A. & Samuels, S.E. & Rauzon, S. & Yoshida, S.C. & Schwartz, P.M. & Boyle, M. & Beery, W.L. & Craypo, L. & Solomon, L., 2010. "Approaches to measuring the extent and impact of environmental change in three California community-level obesity prevention initiatives," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 100(11), pages 2129-2136.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.300002_7
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300002
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    1. Richard C. Sadler & Jason A. Gilliland & Godwin Arku, 2013. "A Food Retail-Based Intervention on Food Security and Consumption," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-22, August.

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