Journal
APPETITE
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 251-254Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.11.004
Keywords
neighbourhood; fast food; deprivation; food environment; obesity; concentration
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- Medical Research Council [G106/1157, MC_U130059821] Funding Source: Medline
- Department of Health [PDA/03/07/014] Funding Source: Medline
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [PDA/03/07/014] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
- MRC [G106/1157, MC_U130059821] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U130059821, G106/1157] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [PDA/03/07/014] Funding Source: researchfish
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It has been hypothesised that deprived neighbourhoods have poorer quality food environments which may promote the development of obesity. We investigated associations between area deprivation and the location of the four largest fast-food chains in Scotland and England. We found statistically significant increases in density of outlets from more affluent to more deprived areas for each individual fast-food chain and all chains combined. These results provide support for a 'concentration' effect whereby plausible health-damaging environmental risk factors for obesity appear to be 'concentrated' in more deprived areas of England and Scotland. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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