Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that neighborhood fast food restaurant availability is related to greater obesity, yet few studies have investigated whether neighborhood fast food restaurant availability promotes fast food consumption. Our aim was to estimate the effect of neighborhood fast food availability on frequency of fast food consumption in a national sample of young adults, a population at high risk for obesity. METHODS: We used national data from U.S. young adults enrolled in wave III (2001-02; ages 18-28) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 13,150). Urbanicity-stratified multivariate negative binomial regression models were used to examine cross-sectional associations between neighborhood fast food availability and individual-level self-reported fast food consumption frequency, controlling for individual and neighborhood characteristics. RESULTS: In adjusted analysis, fast food availability was not associated with weekly frequency of fast food consumption in non-urban or low- or high-density urban areas. CONCLUSIONS: Policies aiming to reduce neighborhood availability as a means to reduce fast food consumption among young adults may be unsuccessful. Consideration of fast food outlets near school or workplace locations, factors specific to more or less urban settings, and the role of individual lifestyle attitudes and preferences are needed in future research.
Source: BMC Public Health
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,290
Funders: National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Awards: G1113498402, BEYOND RACE--EXPLAINING INEQUALITY MANIFESTED AS OBESITY, Carolina Population Center, G1251068611, G1789099407, G2656900061, G3177719516, G339783423, G3511106470, Exome Variants Underlying Weight Gain from Adolescence to Adulthood, G3704842082, G414252443, The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, G597551293, Physical Environment Dynamics, Inequality and Obesity, G6613980829, UNC Interdisciplinary Obesity Training (IDOT)(RMI), G691406053, G7623829690, G77735577, G9000006923, G9000042165, G9000264388, UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility
OpenAlex ID: W1988006541