About the Authors

Cynthia L. Curl

ccurl@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Shirley A. A. Beresford

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Anjum Hajat

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joel D. Kaufman

Affiliation Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kari Moore

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jennifer A. Nettleton

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ana V. Diez-Roux

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLC JDK. Performed the experiments: CLC. Analyzed the data: CLC. Wrote the paper: CLC. Developed metrics of food access: KM AVDR. Provided social epidemiology expertise, statistical code and manuscript editing: SAAB AH. Developed the food frequency questionnaire, provided nutrition expertise and manuscript editing: JAN.