The Effects of Food Environment on Obesity in Children: A Systematic Review.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Key, Johanna Burnett, Donna Babu, Jeganathan Ramesh Geetha, Thangiah
Editor	Zuccotti, Gianvincenzo
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	Childhood obesity is an epidemic connected with poor eating. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS), food deserts are geographical locations in which residents have restricted or nonexistent access to healthful and quality food. Restricted access to healthy food is commonly associated with poor nutrition-related health outcomes, including obesity. This review aims to highlight the relationship between residing in a food desert or a similar environment on body mass index (BMI) in school-aged children in North America, predominantly in the Midwest region of the United States and Mexico. In this study, 17 articles were included from PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, and Crossref. Most of these studies showed no association between the food environment and increased BMI. This discrepancy emphasizes the need for further research; the lack of access to healthful foods in food deserts is an issue that deserves additional attention.
Volume Number	10
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9857183
Issue Number	1
PubMed reference number	36670647
Journal	Children (Basel)
e-ISSN	22279067
DOI	10.3390/children10010098
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2023-01-03
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors.
Subject Keyword	childhood obesity body mass index food desert environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health