title: Food Shopping Venues, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Body Mass Index Among Guyanese, Black, and White Adults in an Urban Community in the US.
abstract: To investigate relationships among food shopping venues, food environment, and body mass index (BMI).
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional survey data and directly assessed food environment data were linked at the neighborhood level.
  
  
  
  Schenectady, NY.
  
  
  
  A sample of Guyanese, black, and white adults (n = 226, 485, and 908, respectively).
  
  
  
  BMI.
  
  
  
  Linear regression models were constructed with 10 food shopping venues and neighborhood food environment as explanatory variables, controlling for sociodemographics, dietary behavior, physical activity, and perception of healthy food access.
  
  
  
  On average, respondents used 3.5 different food shopping venues. Supermarkets and ethnic markets were associated with a lower BMI in Guyanese adults. Among black adults, farmers' markets were associated with a lower BMI, whereas supermarkets, wholesale clubs, and food pantries were associated with a higher BMI. Among white adults, food coops and supermarkets were associated with a lower BMI and wholesale clubs were associated with a higher BMI. Neighborhoods with less a favorable food environment (longer travel distance to a supermarket) were associated with a lower BMI in Guyanese adults.
  
  
  
  Both primary (ie, supermarkets) and secondary food shopping venues could be independent determinants of BMI. The observed variations by race and ethnicity provided insights into a culturally tailored approach to address obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY. Electronic address: ahosler@albany.edu.
authors.forename: Akiko S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hosler
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY.
authors.forename: Isaac H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.affiliation: Community Health, Ellis Medicine, Schenectady, NY.
authors.forename: Erin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Buckenmeyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006172:Guyana / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: body mass index; ethnic market; food environment; food shopping; supermarket