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For women, higher density of small grocery stores and closer proximity to chain supermarkets are associated with higher BMI, contradicting the assumption that supermarket proximity reduces obesity.
For women, living near small grocery stores or supermarkets might actually increase obesity risk due to exposure to processed foods. Focus on nutrition knowledge and making conscious choices, but recognize that environmental factors play a significant role.
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higher neighbourhood density of small grocery stores was associated with higher BMI among women; and (3) closer proximity to chain supermarkets was associated with higher BMI among women.
Why this rating
Observational, cross-sectional, specific to women, potential for residual confounding.
Source
Socioeconomic and food-related physical characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with body mass index
May C Wang et al. · Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2007
DOI 10.1136/jech.2006.051680
cross_sectional · n=7595Cited 371×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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