Neighborhood food environment role in modifying psychosocial stress–diet relationships ☆

摘要: Exposure to highly palatable foods may increase eating in response stress, but this behavioral has not been examined relation the neighborhood food environment. This study whether environment modified relationships between psychosocial stress and dietary behaviors. Probability-sample survey (n=460) in-person audit data were used. Dietary behaviors measured using 17 snack items a single eating-out-of-home item. Chronic was derived from five subscales; major life events count of nine items. The as availability large grocery stores, small convenience well proportion restaurants that fast food. Two-level hierarchical regression models estimated. Snack intake positively associated with store negatively availability. measures chronic generally either behavior overall, although Latinos less likely eat out at high levels than African Americans. Stress-neighborhood interactions statistically significant. Important questions remain regarding role stress-diet relationship warrant further investigation.