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Children’s takeaway and fast-food intakes: associations with the neighbourhood food environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2009

Anna F Timperio ,
Kylie Ball ,
Rebecca Roberts ,
Nick Andrianopoulos  and
David A Crawford
Anna F Timperio
Affiliation:
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Kylie Ball
Affiliation:
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Rebecca Roberts
Affiliation:
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
Nick Andrianopoulos
Affiliation:
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
David A Crawford*
Affiliation:
Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, Victoria 3125, Australia
*
*Corresponding author: Email david.crawford@deakin.edu.au
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Abstract

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Objective

The present study aimed to examine associations between availability of outlets where takeaway or fast food could be purchased and consumption of takeaway or fast food among children.

Design

Cross-sectional. Parents completed a questionnaire regarding the frequency per week their child usually ate takeaway or fast foods. The availability of outlets where these foods could be purchased close to home and en route to school was determined with a Geographic Information System (presence of any outlets and density of outlets within 800 m from home and along the route to school, and distance from home to closest outlet).

Setting

Greater Melbourne and Geelong, Australia.

Subjects

Three hundred and fifty-three children aged 5–6 years and 463 children aged 10–12 years.

Results

Overall, 69·4 % of children consumed takeaway or fast foods once weekly or more often. Only one measure of availability of outlets close to home was associated with consumption; each additional outlet within 800 m was associated with 3 % lower odds of consuming takeaway or fast foods at least once weekly (OR = 0·97, 95 % CI 0·95, 1·00). There were no associations between availability en route to school and the likelihood of consuming takeaway or fast food at least once weekly.

Conclusions

Access to outlets where takeaway or fast food could be purchased did not predict frequency of consumption of takeaway or fast food in the expected direction. Such relationships appear to be complex and may not be adequately captured by the measures of access included in the current study.

Keywords

ChildrenNeighbourhood environmentFast foodDiet
Type
Research Paper
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 12 , Issue 10 , October 2009 , pp. 1960 - 1964
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2009

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