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Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia

ISSUE ADDRESSED: Locating fast‐food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy‐dense, nutrient‐poor foods they provide. Fast‐food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Weste...

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Autores principales: Trapp, Gina S. A., Hooper, Paula, Billingham, Wesley, Thornton, Lukar, Sartori, Ainslie, Kennington, Kelly, Devine, Amanda, Godrich, Stephanie, Sambell, Ros, Howard, Justine, Bivoltsis, Alexia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36433680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.682
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author Trapp, Gina S. A.
Hooper, Paula
Billingham, Wesley
Thornton, Lukar
Sartori, Ainslie
Kennington, Kelly
Devine, Amanda
Godrich, Stephanie
Sambell, Ros
Howard, Justine
Bivoltsis, Alexia
author_facet Trapp, Gina S. A.
Hooper, Paula
Billingham, Wesley
Thornton, Lukar
Sartori, Ainslie
Kennington, Kelly
Devine, Amanda
Godrich, Stephanie
Sambell, Ros
Howard, Justine
Bivoltsis, Alexia
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description ISSUE ADDRESSED: Locating fast‐food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy‐dense, nutrient‐poor foods they provide. Fast‐food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast‐food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area‐level disadvantage and school type exist. METHODS: Fast‐food outlet locations were sourced from Perth Local Governments in 2018/2019. All Perth Primary (n = 454), Secondary (n = 107) and K‐12 (n = 94) schools were assigned an area‐level disadvantage decile ranking based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio‐Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA). Regression models assessed whether fast‐food outlet availability within 400 m, 800 m and 1 km of schools differed by school type (ie, Primary/Secondary/K‐12) or SEIFA. RESULTS: Secondary schools were significantly more likely than Primary and K‐12 schools to have a higher presence and density of fast‐food outlets and the “Top 4” fast‐food outlet chains (McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Red Rooster) nearby. Schools located in low socio‐economic status (SES) areas had a significantly higher density of fast‐food outlets within 400 m, and “Top 4” fast‐food outlet chains within 400 m and 1 km, than schools located in high SES area. CONCLUSIONS: Perth schools are surrounded by fast‐food outlets with densities significantly higher around secondary schools and schools located in lower SES areas. SO WHAT? Policies and regulations aimed at reducing fast‐food outlets near schools is an essential strategy to improve dietary intakes and reduce obesity in schoolchildren.
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spelling pubmed-101080192023-04-18 Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia Trapp, Gina S. A. Hooper, Paula Billingham, Wesley Thornton, Lukar Sartori, Ainslie Kennington, Kelly Devine, Amanda Godrich, Stephanie Sambell, Ros Howard, Justine Bivoltsis, Alexia Health Promot J Austr Healthy Eating ISSUE ADDRESSED: Locating fast‐food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy‐dense, nutrient‐poor foods they provide. Fast‐food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast‐food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area‐level disadvantage and school type exist. METHODS: Fast‐food outlet locations were sourced from Perth Local Governments in 2018/2019. All Perth Primary (n = 454), Secondary (n = 107) and K‐12 (n = 94) schools were assigned an area‐level disadvantage decile ranking based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio‐Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA). Regression models assessed whether fast‐food outlet availability within 400 m, 800 m and 1 km of schools differed by school type (ie, Primary/Secondary/K‐12) or SEIFA. RESULTS: Secondary schools were significantly more likely than Primary and K‐12 schools to have a higher presence and density of fast‐food outlets and the “Top 4” fast‐food outlet chains (McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Red Rooster) nearby. Schools located in low socio‐economic status (SES) areas had a significantly higher density of fast‐food outlets within 400 m, and “Top 4” fast‐food outlet chains within 400 m and 1 km, than schools located in high SES area. CONCLUSIONS: Perth schools are surrounded by fast‐food outlets with densities significantly higher around secondary schools and schools located in lower SES areas. SO WHAT? Policies and regulations aimed at reducing fast‐food outlets near schools is an essential strategy to improve dietary intakes and reduce obesity in schoolchildren. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-12-04 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10108019/ /pubmed/36433680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.682 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Health Promotion Journal of Australia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Trapp, Gina S. A.
Hooper, Paula
Billingham, Wesley
Thornton, Lukar
Sartori, Ainslie
Kennington, Kelly
Devine, Amanda
Godrich, Stephanie
Sambell, Ros
Howard, Justine
Bivoltsis, Alexia
Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title_full Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title_fullStr Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title_short Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia
title_sort would you like fries with that? investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in perth, western australia
topic Healthy Eating
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36433680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.682
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