Longitudinal Exposure to Neighborhood Concentrated Poverty Contributes to Differences in Adiposity in Midlife Women.

Neighborhood poverty is associated with adiposity in women, though longitudinal designs, annually collected residential histories, objectively collected anthropometric measures, and geographically diverse samples of midlife women remain limited. To investigate whether longitudinal exposure to neighborhood concentrated poverty is associated with differences in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) among 2,328 midlife women (age 42-52 years at baseline) from 6 U.S.

Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation.

Background: Neighborhood physical environments may influence cardiometabolic health, but prior studies have been inconsistent, and few included long follow-up periods.

Methods: Changes in cardiometabolic risk factors were measured for up to 14 years in 2830 midlife women in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, a multi-ethnic/racial cohort of women from seven U.S.

Longitudinal profiles of neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influence blood pressure changes across the female midlife period.

Purpose: To examine whether longitudinal exposure to neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influences blood pressure changes throughout midlife in a racially, ethnically, and geographically-diverse cohort of women transitioning through menopause.

Methods: We used longitudinal data on 2738 women (age 42-52 at baseline) living in six United States cities from The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Residential histories, systolic blood pressures (SBP), and diastolic blood pressures (DBP) were collected annually for ten years.

A Decade of Drinking: Temporal Trends in Apparent Household Beer Intake and Standard Drink Consumption in the United States.

Beer remains the greatest source of per capita alcohol consumption in the United States, and increasing market availability and consumer demand for higher alcohol has meaningful public health consequences. To determine whether apparent alcohol intake from beer changed among households over time, we used nationally-representative US Nielsen Consumer Panel purchasing data from 2004 to 2014, and incorporated information on percent alcohol by volume (ABV) to compute the number of standard drinks of alcohol consumed from beer as a result. We queried external data sources (e.

Green Grocer: Using Spatial Analysis to Identify Locations for a Mobile Food Market.

Background: The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (GPCFB) developed the Green Grocer mobile food market to address limited access to fresh, affordable food options in local communities. GPCFB and researchers from the University of Pittsburgh established a partnership for Green Grocer implementation and evaluation, including application of geospatial techniques to help identify locations of stops for Green Grocer.

Objectives: We used geospatial analyses to identify locations in Allegheny County with limited food access as potential stops for the Green Grocer mobile food market.

Evaluation of a Mobile Farmer's Market Aimed at Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Food Deserts: A Pilot Study to Determine Evaluation Feasibility.

In November 2015, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank implemented a pilot phase of the mobile market, a program aimed at improving access to locally sourced fresh foods in low-resource neighborhoods. We conducted an evaluation of this pilot phase. We conducted baseline surveys of residents in six neighborhoods that received in the pilot phase to understand the food environment, including perceptions of fresh food availability, and another survey of consumers to evaluate their experiences and satisfaction.