Wesley Dean

Wesley Dean

Associate Professor

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    1. 2011
    2. Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults

      Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M., Dean, Wesley & Horel, S. A., 2011, In: International Journal of Health Geographics. 10, 37.

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    3. Association of household and community characteristics with adult and child food insecurity among Mexican-origin households in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border

      Sharkey, J. R., Dean, Wesley & Johnson, C. M., 2011, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 10, 19.

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    4. Country of birth is associated with very low food security among Mexican American older adults living in colonias along the South Texas border with Mexico

      Sharkey, J. R., Dean, Wesley & Johnson, C. M., 2011, In: Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 30, 2, p. 187-200 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    5. Determinants of children's use of and time spent in fast-food and full-service restaurants

      McIntosh, A., Kubena, K. S., Tolle, G., Dean, Wesley, Kim, M. J., Jan, J. S. & Anding, J., 2011, In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 43, 3, p. 142-149 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Focusing on fast food restaurants alone underestimates the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and exposure to fast food in a large rural area

      Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M., Dean, Wesley & Horel, S. A., 2011, In: Nutrition Journal. 10, 1, 10.

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    7. Food Vending and Acquisition in Texas Border Region Pulgas (Flea Markets) from Both Sides of the Counter

      Dean, Wesley, Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M. & Valdez, Z., 2011, In: Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 6, 4, p. 458-476 19 p.

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    8. Food insecurity is associated with social capital, perceived personal disparity, and partnership status among older and senior adults in a largely rural area of central Texas

      Dean, Wesley, Sharkey, J. R. & Johnson, C. M., 2011, In: Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics. 30, 2, p. 169-186 18 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    9. Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis

      Dean, Wesley & Sharkey, J. R., 2011, In: Social Science and Medicine. 72, 9, p. 1454-1462 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. It's all about the children: A participant-driven photo-elicitation study of Mexican-origin mothers' food choices

      Johnson, C. M., Sharkey, J. R. & Dean, Wesley, 2011, In: BMC Women's Health. 11, 41.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. It's who I am and what we eat. Mothers' food-related identities in family food choice

      Johnson, C. M., Sharkey, J. R., Dean, Wesley, Alex McIntosh, W. & Kubena, K. S., 2011, In: Appetite. 57, 1, p. 220-228 9 p.

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    12. Less-healthy eating behaviors have a greater association with a high level of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among rural adults than among urban adults

      Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M. & Dean, Wesley, 2011, In: Food and Nutrition Research. 55, 5819.

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    13. Nativity is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage and fast-food meal consumption among Mexican-origin women in Texas border colonias

      Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M. & Dean, Wesley, 2011, In: Nutrition Journal. 10, 1, 101.

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    14. Pulga (Flea Market) Contributions to the Retail Food Environment of Colonias in the South Texas Border Region

      Dean, Wesley, Sharkey, J. R. & St. John, J., 2011, In: Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 111, 5, p. 705-710 6 p.

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    15. Relationship of household food insecurity to health-related quality of life in a large sample of rural and urban women

      Sharkey, J. R., Johnson, C. M. & Dean, Wesley, 2011, In: Women and Health. 51, 5, p. 442-460 19 p.

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    16. Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake

      Dean, Wesley & Sharkey, J. R., 2011, In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 43, 6, p. 426-433 8 p.

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