Associations between the Neighbourhood Food Environment, Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in Canadian Adults

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dc.contributor.advisorMcCormack, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorMcInerney, Maria
dc.contributor.committeememberCsizmadi, Ilona
dc.contributor.committeememberFriedenreich, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-05T19:00:24Z
dc.date.available2016-02-05T19:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-05
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractHigh quality diet is integral for maintaining health and preventing chronic diseases. Diet quality has many determinants that interact across the intra-individual, inter-individual, physical environment, and policy levels of influence. This thesis presents a novel method to create Canada’s Food Guide serving equivalents in the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II nutrient database for the purpose of deriving the Canadian Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI). The C-HEI was used as a measure of diet quality in an analytical study investigating the potential independent and joint effects of the neighbourhood food environment and neighbourhood socioeconomic status on diet quality of adults living in Calgary, Alberta. The density of all neighbourhood food destinations, but not neighbourhood socioeconomic status independently or jointly with neighbourhood food destination density, plays a small role in diet quality of Calgary adults. With additional research, these findings may help inform population level interventions aimed at improving diet quality for all Canadians.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcInerney, M. (2016). Associations between the Neighbourhood Food Environment, Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in Canadian Adults (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25035en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2848
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducation--Health
dc.subjectPublic and Social Welfare
dc.subjectSocial Structure and Development
dc.subjectUrban and Regional Planning
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject.classificationDiet qualityen_US
dc.subject.classificationneighbourhooden_US
dc.subject.classificationFood environmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationSocioeconomic statusen_US
dc.subject.classificationBuilt environmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationHealthy eating indexen_US
dc.subject.classificationFood frequency questionnaireen_US
dc.subject.classificationDietary assessmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationNutrient databaseen_US
dc.titleAssociations between the Neighbourhood Food Environment, Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in Canadian Adults
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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