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Fast food restaurant locations according to socioeconomic disadvantage, urban-regional locality, and schools within Victoria, Australia
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posted on 2016-12-01, 00:00 authored by Lukar ThorntonLukar Thornton, Karen Lamb, Kylie BallKylie BallFeatures of the built environment provide opportunities to engage in both healthy and unhealthy behaviours. Access to a high number of fast food restaurants may encourage greater consumption of fast food products. The distribution of fast food restaurants at a state-level has not previously been reported in Australia. Using the location of 537 fast food restaurants from four major chains (McDonald[U+05F3]s, KFC, Hungry Jacks, and Red Rooster), this study examined fast food restaurant locations across the state of Victoria relative to area-level disadvantage, urban-regional locality (classified as Major Cities, Inner Regional, or Outer Regional), and around schools. Findings revealed greater locational access to fast food restaurants in more socioeconomically disadvantaged areas (compared to areas with lower levels of disadvantage), nearby to secondary schools (compared to primary schools), and nearby to primary and secondary schools within the most disadvantaged areas of the major city region (compared to primary and secondary schools in areas with lower levels of disadvantage). Adjusted models showed no significant difference in location according to urban-regional locality. Knowledge of the distribution of fast food restaurants in Australia will assist local authorities to target potential policy mechanisms, such as planning regulations, where they are most needed.
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SSM - population healthVolume
2Pagination
1 - 9Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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2352-8273Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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