Neighborhood fast food restaurants and fast food consumption: A national study

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Penny Gordon-Larsen¹  Andrea S Richardson¹  Barry M Popkin¹  Janne Boone-Heinonen² 

[1] Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Carolina Population Center, Campus Box 8120, 123 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Mail Code CB 669, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, 97239-3098, Portland, OR, USA;

关键词: Epidemiology;    United States;    *Diet;    Geographic Information Systems;    Environment;    Environment Design;    Fast Foods;    Restaurants;    Young Adult;    MeSH;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-543

 received in 2011-02-02, accepted in 2011-07-08,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRecent 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.MethodsWe 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.ResultsIn 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.ConclusionsPolicies 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.

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