Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Queensland.
Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Queensland.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2022 Jun;46(3):346-353. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13227. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
An analysis of food and physical activity environments in relation to socioeconomic disadvantage was conducted in 25 communities across Queensland, Australia.
Physical activity and food environments were assessed in 25 Queensland communities using The Systematic Pedestrian and Cycling Environmental Scan (SPACES) and the Nutrition Environment Measurement Survey (NEMS). Spearman's correlation tested the association between physical activity and food environments and degree of remoteness and socioeconomic disadvantage of each region.
A significant negative association was observed between the supermarket food environment and degree of remoteness and socioeconomic disadvantage. All regions have a moderately supportive environment for physical activity. Food availability and price varied in supermarkets with more remote communities having less supportive food environments.
Areas with a high degree of remoteness and socioeconomic disadvantage were more likely to experience disadvantages in the physical activity, supermarket, and restaurant food environments than metropolitan areas and socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.
Socioeconomic disadvantage and remoteness were associated with reduced supportiveness of the built environment hindering the ability of consumers to make healthy food and physical activity choices. Improving the food and physical activity environments in these areas may assist in reducing the health inequalities experienced by these communities.
在澳大利亚昆士兰州的 25 个社区中，对与社会经济劣势相关的食物和身体活动环境进行了分析。
使用“系统行人与自行车环境扫描（SPACES）”和“营养环境测量调查（NEMS）”评估了 25 个昆士兰社区的身体活动和食物环境。采用 Spearman 相关检验来测试每个区域的身体活动和食物环境与偏远程度和社会经济劣势之间的关联。
在超市食品环境与偏远程度和社会经济劣势之间观察到显著的负相关关系。所有地区的身体活动环境都具有中等程度的支持性。超市的食物供应和价格各不相同，偏远社区的食物环境支持性较差。
与大都市和社会经济劣势地区相比，偏远程度和社会经济劣势高的地区更有可能在身体活动、超市和餐馆的食物环境中面临劣势。
社会经济劣势和偏远程度与生活环境的支持性降低有关，这阻碍了消费者做出健康食物和身体活动选择的能力。改善这些地区的食物和身体活动环境可能有助于减少这些社区所经历的健康不平等现象。
