Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity

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Authors

Brennan Davis · Azusa Pacific University

Christopher S. Carpenter · Azusa Pacific University

Abstract

Exposure to poor-quality food environments has important effects on adolescent eating patterns and overweight. Policy interventions limiting the proximity of fast-food restaurants to schools could help reduce adolescent obesity.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Nutritional Studies and Diet Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 99, Issue 3, pp. 505-510

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2008.137638

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