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Proximity Of Fast-food Restaurants To Schools Increases Adolescent Obesity
Fast-food restaurants located near schools have a negative effect on students' health, a new study reports.
Researchers examined the relationship between fast-food restaurants located near (within one half mile of) schools and obesity among middle and high school students in California. Using geo-coded data on more than 500,000 youths, the study found that students with fast-food restaurants near their schools (1) consumed fewer servings of fruits and vegetables, (2) consumed more servings of soda and (3) were more likely to be overweight or obese.
"Our results suggest that it might be useful to consider policies such as providing adolescents with alternatives to fast-food restaurants." The study's authors continued, "The United States spends 12.7 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, and obesity is one of the most costly medical conditions. The sheer magnitude of the problem of childhood obesity demands attention."
[From: "Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity" Contact: Brennan Davis, PhD, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, marketing_department@baylor.edu].
This article came online online on December 23, 2008, at 4 p.m. (ET) by the American Journal of Public Health under "First Look" at http://www.ajph.org/first_look.shmtl, and it is currently scheduled to appear in the March 2009 print issue of the Journal. "First Look" articles have undergone peer review, copyediting and approval by authors but have not yet been printed to paper or posted online by issue. The American Journal of Public Health is published by the American Public Health Association, http://www.apha.org, and is available at http://www.ajph.org.
Researchers examined the relationship between fast-food restaurants located near (within one half mile of) schools and obesity among middle and high school students in California. Using geo-coded data on more than 500,000 youths, the study found that students with fast-food restaurants near their schools (1) consumed fewer servings of fruits and vegetables, (2) consumed more servings of soda and (3) were more likely to be overweight or obese.
"Our results suggest that it might be useful to consider policies such as providing adolescents with alternatives to fast-food restaurants." The study's authors continued, "The United States spends 12.7 percent of its gross domestic product on health care, and obesity is one of the most costly medical conditions. The sheer magnitude of the problem of childhood obesity demands attention."
[From: "Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity" Contact: Brennan Davis, PhD, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, marketing_department@baylor.edu].
This article came online online on December 23, 2008, at 4 p.m. (ET) by the American Journal of Public Health under "First Look" at http://www.ajph.org/first_look.shmtl, and it is currently scheduled to appear in the March 2009 print issue of the Journal. "First Look" articles have undergone peer review, copyediting and approval by authors but have not yet been printed to paper or posted online by issue. The American Journal of Public Health is published by the American Public Health Association, http://www.apha.org, and is available at http://www.ajph.org.
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