title: Home food and exercise environments of normal-weight and overweight adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the home environments of overweight and normal-weight adults and the relationships between the environment and weight-regulating behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Overweight (n=201) and normal-weight adults (n=213) assessed their homes via checklist and self-reported  their eating and activity habits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OW adults had less exercise equipment, fewer low-fat snacks and fruits/vegetables, and more TVs, high-fat snacks, and spreads than did NW adults (Ps<.01). These variables were associated (Ps<.05) with weight-regulating behaviors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increasing healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity within the home may improve weight-control efforts in adults.
authors: Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA. amy.gorin@uconn.edu
authors: Amy A
authors: AA
authors: Gorin
authors: Suzanne
authors: S
authors: Phelan
authors: Hollie
authors: H
authors: Raynor
authors: Rena R
authors: RR
authors: Wing
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment