Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 39, Issue -, Pages 86-91Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.03.005
Keywords
Fast food; Built environment; Neighbourhood; Natural experiment; Eating behaviours
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [1042442]
- Deakin University Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship [RM27751]
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Neighbourhood food environments are posited as an important determinant of eating behaviours; however causality is difficult to establish based on existing studies. Using a natural experiment study design (incorporating repeated cross-sectional data), we tested whether the development of a new McDonald's restaurant increased the frequency of consumption of McDonald's products amongst local residents in the suburbs of Tecoma (site of a new McDonald's restaurant development) and Monbulk (control site) in Victoria, Australia. Across both sites, the reported frequency of McDonald's consumption did not change during the follow-up surveys. In the context explored, the development of a new McDonald's restaurant has not resulted in an increased consumption of McDonald's products. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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