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Field validation of food outlet databases: the Latino food environment in North Carolina, USA.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Obtaining valid, reliable measures of food environments that serve Latino communities is important for understanding barriers to healthy eating in this at-risk population. DESIGN:The primary aim of the study was to examine agreement between retail food outlet data from two commercial databases, Nielsen TDLinx (TDLinx) for food stores and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) for food stores and restaurants, relative to field observations of food stores and restaurants in thirty-one census tracts in Durham County, NC, USA. We also examined differences by proportion of Hispanic population (

SUBMITTER: Rummo PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4269578 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Field validation of food outlet databases: the Latino food environment in North Carolina, USA.

Rummo Pasquale E PE   Albrecht Sandra S SS   Gordon-Larsen Penny P  

Public health nutrition 20140617 6


<h4>Objective</h4>Obtaining valid, reliable measures of food environments that serve Latino communities is important for understanding barriers to healthy eating in this at-risk population.<h4>Design</h4>The primary aim of the study was to examine agreement between retail food outlet data from two commercial databases, Nielsen TDLinx (TDLinx) for food stores and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) for food stores and restaurants, relative to field observations of food stores and restaurants in thirty-one cen  ...[more]

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