Food Environment Measurement with People with Mobility Impairments
Rebecca E. Lee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
People with mobility impairments (PMI) are disproportionately affected by diet-related health-compromising conditions such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and some cancers compared to those without mobility impairments. PMI anecdotally report numerous barriers in the physical and social environment that lead to poor dietary habits; however, currently, there is no clear guiding model or specific instrument to operationalize barriers and environmental factors that impact dietary habits in PMI. This study will aim to address this gap by using a comprehensive, theoretically and consumer-guided, ecological and dynamic approach to identifying ecologic factors that contribute to dietary habits in PMI.