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Neighborhood Environments, SNAP-Ed Eligibility, and Health Behaviors: An Analysis of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-020-00433-xAbstract
Neighborhood conditions are associated with health outcomes, but whether individual health behaviors are independent of or associated with the settings are not clear. We analyzed the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) (N = 11,152) data to determine if the perceptions and behaviors of similar individuals with an income low enough to be eligible for SNAP-Ed services differed based on whether they lived in high- or low-income neighborhoods. We found that SNAP-Ed eligible individuals living in low-income neighborhoods walked for transportation more frequently (3.04 times versus 2.38 times, p = 0.001), drank sugary beverages more frequently in the past month (2.93 times versus 1.69 times, p = 0.000), and had a higher risk of obesity than similar low-income individuals living in high-income neighborhoods (0.34 versus 0.26, p = 0.012).
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