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Associations between Community Environmental-Level Factors and Diet Quality in Geographically Isolated Australian Communities

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  • Thomas P. Wycherley

    (Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia
    Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research; Darwin 0810, Australia)

  • Jolieke C. van der Pols

    (School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4001, Australia)

  • Mark Daniel

    (Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, 2617, Australia
    Department of Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy 3010, Australia)

  • Natasha J. Howard

    (Wardliparingga Aboriginal Health Equity Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide 5000, Australia)

  • Kerin O’Dea

    (School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5000, Australia)

  • Julie K. Brimblecombe

    (Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research; Darwin 0810, Australia
    Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia)

Abstract

Remote Indigenous Australians experience disproportionately poor cardio-metabolic health, which is largely underpinned by adverse dietary intake related to social determinants. Little evidence exists about the community environmental-level factors that shape diet quality in this geographically isolated population group. This study aimed to explore the modifiable environmental-level factors associated with the features of dietary intake that underpin cardio-metabolic disease risk in this population group. Community-level dietary intake data were estimated from weekly store sales data collected throughout 2012 and linked with concurrent social, built, and physical environmental dimension data for 13 remote Indigenous Australian communities in the Northern Territory. Statistical analyses were performed to investigate associations. At the community level, store sales of discretionary foods were lower in communities with greater distance to a neighbouring store (r = −0.45 ( p < 0.05)). Sales of sugar-sweetened beverages were lower in communities with higher levels of household crowding (r = −0.55 ( p < 0.05)), higher levels of Indigenous unemployment (r = −0.62 ( p = 0.02)), and greater distance to neighbouring stores (r = −0.61 ( p = 0.004)). Modifiable environmental-level factors may be associated with adverse diet quality in remote Indigenous Australian communities and further investigations of these factors should be considered when developing policies to improve dietary intake quality in geographically isolated populations.

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  • Thomas P. Wycherley & Jolieke C. van der Pols & Mark Daniel & Natasha J. Howard & Kerin O’Dea & Julie K. Brimblecombe, 2019. "Associations between Community Environmental-Level Factors and Diet Quality in Geographically Isolated Australian Communities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-8, May.
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    1. Camille Le Gal & Michael J. Dale & Margaret Cargo & Mark Daniel, 2020. "Built Environments and Cardiometabolic Morbidity and Mortality in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory, Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-9, January.
    2. Tiff-Annie Kenny & Matthew Little & Tad Lemieux & P. Joshua Griffin & Sonia D. Wesche & Yoshitaka Ota & Malek Batal & Hing Man Chan & Melanie Lemire, 2020. "The Retail Food Sector and Indigenous Peoples in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(23), pages 1-49, November.
    3. Catherine Paquet, 2019. "Environmental Influences on Food Behaviour," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-4, August.

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