| Children's fruit and vegetable intake: associations with the neighbourhood food environment. | |
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PMID: 18164753 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between availability of different types of food outlets and children's fruit and vegetable intake. METHOD: Parents of 340 5-6 and 461 10-12 year-old Australian children reported how frequently their child ate 14 fruits and 13 vegetables in the last week in 2002/3. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to determine the availability of the following types of food outlets near home: greengrocers; supermarkets; convenience stores; fast food outlets; restaurants, cafés and takeaway outlets. Logistic regression analyses examined the likelihood of consuming fruit >or=2 times/day and vegetables >or=3 times/day, according to access to food outlets. RESULTS: Overall, 62.5% of children ate fruit >or=2 times/day and 46.4% ate vegetables >or=3 times/day. The more fast food outlets (OR=0.82, 95%CI=0.67-0.99) and convenience stores (OR=0.84, 95%CI=0.73-0.98) close to home, the lower the likelihood of consuming fruit >or=2 times/day. There was also an inverse association between density of convenience stores and the likelihood of consuming vegetables >or=3 times/day (OR=0.84, 95%CI=0.74-0.95). The likelihood of consuming vegetables >or=3 times/day was greater the farther children lived from a supermarket (OR=1.27, 95%CI=1.07-1.51) or a fast food outlet (OR=1.19, 95%CI=1.06-1.35). CONCLUSION: Availability of fast food outlets and convenience stores close to home may have a negative effect on children's fruit and vegetable intake. |
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Authors:
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Anna Timperio; Kylie Ball; Rebecca Roberts; Karen Campbell; Nick Andrianopoulos; David Crawford |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-12-03 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Preventive medicine Volume: 46 ISSN: 0091-7435 ISO Abbreviation: Prev Med Publication Date: 2008 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-04-02 Completed Date: 2008-09-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0322116 Medline TA: Prev Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 331-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. |
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Child Child, Preschool Commerce* Diet Food Habits Food Supply* Fruit* Geographic Information Systems Humans Logistic Models Parents Residence Characteristics* Restaurants Vegetables* Victoria |
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