Wesley R. Dean

Best Publications

• Rural and Urban Differences in the Associations Between Characteristics of the Community Food Environment and Fruit and Vegetable Intake

  Wesley R. Dean;Joseph R. Sharkey

  302
  Citations

• Food Access and Perceptions of the Community and Household Food Environment as Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Rural Seniors

  Joseph R Sharkey;Cassandra M Johnson;Wesley R Dean

  260
  Citations

• Competing Conceptions of Risk

  Paul B. Thompson;Wesley Dean

  195
  Citations

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

  Wesley R. Dean;Joseph R. Sharkey

  194
  Citations

• Children's Very Low Food Security is Associated with Increased Dietary Intakes in Energy, Fat, and Added Sugar among Mexican‐origin Children (6–11 y) in Texas Border Colonias

  Joseph R. Sharkey;Courtney Nalty;Cassandra Johnson;Wesley R. Dean

  143
  Citations

• Children's very low food security is associated with increased dietary intakes in energy, fat, and added sugar among Mexican-origin children (6-11 y) in Texas border Colonias

  Joseph R Sharkey;Courtney Nalty;Cassandra M Johnson;Wesley R Dean

  143
  Citations

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

  Cassandra M. Johnson;Joseph R. Sharkey;Wesley R. Dean;W. Alex McIntosh

  125
  Citations

• Neighborhood deprivation, vehicle ownership, and potential spatial access to a variety of fruits and vegetables in a large rural area in Texas

  Joseph R Sharkey;Scott Horel;Wesley R Dean

  123
  Citations

• Mothers and meals. The effects of mothers' meal planning and shopping motivations on children's participation in family meals.

  William Alex McIntosh;Karen S. Kubena;Glen Tolle;Wesley R. Dean

  117
  Citations

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

  Joseph R. Sharkey;Cassandra M. Johnson;Wesley R. Dean

  109
  Citations

• 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

  Wesley R Dean;Joseph R Sharkey;Cassandra M Johnson

  105
  Citations

• Association of Household and Community Characteristics with Adult and Child Food Insecurity among Mexican-Origin Households in Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border

  Joseph R Sharkey;Wesley R Dean;Cassandra M Johnson

  104
  Citations

• Relationship of Household Food Insecurity to Health-Related Quality of Life in a Large Sample of Rural and Urban Women

  Joseph R. Sharkey;Cassandra M. Johnson;Wesley R. Dean

  101
  Citations

• Determinants of Children's Use of and Time Spent in Fast-food and Full-service Restaurants

  Alex McIntosh;Karen S. Kubena;Glen Tolle;Wesley Dean

  92
  Citations

• Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults

  Joseph R Sharkey;Cassandra M Johnson;Wesley R Dean;Scott A Horel

  84
  Citations

• Convenience stores and the marketing of foods and beverages through product assortment.

  Joseph R. Sharkey;Wesley R. Dean;Courtney Nalty

  80
  Citations

• Eating Behaviors and Social Capital are Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Adults.

  Cassandra M. Johnson;Joseph R. Sharkey;Wesley R. Dean

  78
  Citations

• Promotoras as Research Partners to Engage Health Disparity Communities

  Cassandra M. Johnson;Joseph R. Sharkey;Wesley R. Dean;Julie A. St John

  75
  Citations

• Nutrition-related policy and environmental strategies to prevent obesity in rural communities

  Larissa Calancie;Jennifer Leeman;Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts;Laura Kettel Khan

  73
  Citations

• "I'm the Momma": Using photo-elicitation to understand matrilineal influence on family food choice

  Cassandra M Johnson;Joseph R Sharkey;Alex W McIntosh;Wesley R Dean

  72
  Citations