title: Community food environment, home food environment, and fruit and vegetable intake of children and adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine (1) reliability of new food environment measures; (2) association between home food environment and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake; and (3) association between community and home food environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2005, a cross-sectional survey was conducted with readministration to assess test-retest reliability. Adolescents, parents of adolescents, and parents of children (n = 458) were surveyed in San Diego, Boston, and Cincinnati.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most subscales had acceptable reliability. Fruit and vegetable intake was positively associated with availability of healthful food (r = 0.15-0.27), FV (r = 0.22-0.34), and ratio of more-healthful/less-healthful food in the home (r = 0.23-0.31) and was negatively associated with less-healthful food in the home (r = -0.17 to -0.18). Home food environment was associated with household income but not with community food environment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A more healthful home food environment was related to youth FV intake. Higher income households had more healthful food in the home. The potential influence of neighborhood food outlets warrants further study.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. dding@projects.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sallis
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Brian E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Saelens
authors.forename: Sion Kim
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Dori
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Nefertiti
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Durant
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glanz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005638:Fruit; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D014675:Vegetables