Mary O. Hearst

TL;DR: Empirical findings find that density is associated with the purpose of walking but not the amount of overall walking or overall physical activity, although there are sub-group differences by race/ ethnicity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report findings for the Twin Cities, Minnesota, about how walking and total physical activity are affected by street pattern, ''pedestrian-oriented'' infrastructure and amenities, and mixed use or destinations.

TL;DR: Many factors are likely to have an important role in influencing adolescent dietary intake and weight status, and interventions aimed at increasing neighbourhood access to healthy foods, as well as other approaches, are needed.

TL;DR: Examination of cross-sectional associations between mothers' and fathers' employment status and parents' work-life stress with multiple aspects of the family food environment showed that full-time employed mothers reported fewer family meals, less frequent encouragement of their adolescents' healthful eating, lower fruit and vegetable intake, and less time spent on food preparation, compared to part-time and not-employed mothers.

TL;DR: Exposure to outdoor alcohol advertising around schools is associated with subsequent youth intentions to use alcohol, and the association between exposure to alcohol advertising and youth alcohol-use intentions was found even among sixth-grade nonusers of alcohol, suggesting that even those who have not used alcohol are still influenced by alcohol advertising.