Food environments and obesity: Household diet expenditure versus food deserts

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List the title and author of the article you chose. Chen, D., Jaenicke, E. C., & Volpe, R. J. (2016). Food environments and obesity: Household diet expenditure versus food deserts Describe the purp... ose of the study. To inform people of the risk of obesity due to the environment a person is raised in. How people who live in a lower income areas are more obese because they have no access to healthy foods. What is the research question in the study? Does the area in which a person is raised really play a role in them becoming obese? What is the hypothesis of the study? Many factors contribute to obesity Research Methods Table Critical Element Response to the Critical Element One Example This study source was downloaded by 100000796615030 from CourseHero.com on 07-18-2021 08:12:44 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/26991127/Milestone-1-Statsdocx/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Identify whether the study design is experimental or observational. Support your identification with examples from the study. This study is observational, it includes many different elements of study. Family, income, and education could all be a factor in some being obese. Identify the methods used to collect the data and explain why the methods are appropriate based on the research question. Collected family history of health, race, and income. All data collected was used to show if there is a history of obesity in the family. If the person has the means to afford healthy foods, and if race is a big influence on the way people eat because of the traditional foods. Family, income, and race all play a part in the knowledge of healthy eating. This study source was downloaded by 100000796615030 from CourseHero.com on 07-18-2021 08:12:44 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/26991127/Milestone-1-Statsdocx/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Identify the data collected as quantitative or categorical. Support your identification with examples from the study. This is quatitative, “Among those studies finding significant associations, it is most common to find obesity status or weight negatively related to supermarket counts.” The difference in shopping in a supermarket and shopping in a convenient store for food items. Discuss the potential weaknesses of the data collection methods used. Support your discussion with examples from the study That many people in different areas have opportunity to get healthy foods from many different places. Almost all the individual-level demographics and lifestyle choices were significantly associated with obesity or overweight status This study source was downloaded by 100000796615030 from CourseHero.com on 07-18-2021 08:12:44 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/26991127/Milestone-1-Statsdocx/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Identify the data analysis methods used and explain why the methods are appropriate based on the research question. We compiled a multilevel data set from several sources. Individual- and household-level data came from the IRi Consumer Panel and the IRi MedProfiler data. The Consumer Panel data reflected all food purchases from 2008 to 2012 by a representative set of US households that recorded all their retail food purchases with a homescanning device. Additionally, the IRi data contained a rich set of household-level demographics Discuss the potential weaknesses of the data analysis methods used. Support your discussion with examples from the study. The data may be inconclusive with the data given by individuals who participated in the study. One of the main householdlevel measures in our analysis, USDAScore, reflected the home food environment and was constructed from the detailed food purchase information in the IRi Consumer Panel. This study source was downloaded by 100000796615030 from CourseHero.com on 07-18-2021 08:12:44 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/26991127/Milestone-1-Statsdocx/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Describe the key demographics of the population sampled and identify the inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants. People with higher and lower income. People of different races Our research, therefore, investigated how obesity and overweight status was influenced by (1) individual-level factors, including age, gender, and several selfreported behavior responses; (2) household-level factors, including race, ethnicity, education, income, and a home food environment American Journal of Public Health (AM J PUBLIC HEALTH), May2016; 106(5): 881-888. (8p) http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/ This study source was downloaded by 100000796615030 from CourseHero.com on 07-18-2021 08:12:44 GMT -05:00 [Show More]

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