Preferred Label : PhenX measure - healthy food environments:-:Pt: Patient:-:PhenX;
LOINC status : DEPRECATED;
LOINC long common name : Deprecated PhenX measure - healthy food environments;
LOINC description : This measure utilizes a questionnaire to assess a respondent's access to healthy foods
and healthy eating alternatives in his or her local neighborhood. Obesity and being
overweight are major public health issues, and it is well established that obesity
is associated with a wide range of serious health outcomes, such as coronary heart
disease, cancer, and diabetes. Until quite recently, food purchasing behavior and
diet have been regarded purely as matters of individual free choice, and most intervention
studies have targeted changing individual behavior (e.g., encouraging healthy eating).
This perspective neglects social and material contexts in which food purchasing and
diet decisions are made (Diez Roux, 1998). There is now considerable interest in the
role of the built and social environments in promoting obesity and being overweight
(Egger & Swinburn, 1997; Walker et al., 1999; Davison & Birth, 2000).;
Obsolete resource : true;
Origin ID : 63023-6;
UMLS CUI : C3169283;
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