Department of Food Economics and Marketing, University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK.
Econ Hum Biol. 2012 Jan;10(1):35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.04.001. Epub 2011 Apr 17.
Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to the influence of the 'local' food economy. This paper examines the association of measures relating to the built environment and 'local' agriculture with U.S. county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the 'local' food economy include the density of farmers' markets and the presence of farms with direct sales. This paper employs a robust regression estimator to account for non-normality of the data and to accommodate outliers. Overall, the built environment is associated with the prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong local' food economy may play an important role in prevention. Results imply considerable scope for community-level interventions.
肥胖和糖尿病越来越多地归因于环境因素，但人们对“当地”食品经济的影响关注甚少。本文研究了与建筑环境和“当地”农业相关的措施与美国县级肥胖和糖尿病流行率之间的关联。“当地”食品经济的关键指标包括农贸市场的密度和具有直接销售的农场的存在。本文采用稳健回归估计量来考虑数据的非正态性并适应异常值。总的来说，建筑环境与肥胖和糖尿病的流行率有关，而强大的“当地”食品经济可能在预防中发挥重要作用。结果表明，社区层面的干预有很大的空间。
