Patterning of neighbourhood food outlets and longitudinal associations with children's eating behaviours

A Timperio; D Crawford; RM Leech; KE Lamb; K Ball

Journal article

Patterning of neighbourhood food outlets and longitudinal associations with children's eating behaviours

A Timperio, D Crawford, RM Leech, KE Lamb, K Ball

Preventive Medicine | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.03.003

Abstract

This study examined cross-sectional and prospective associations between typologies of neighbourhood food environment and dietary patterns among 10–12 year-old children. Baseline data were collected in 2003 and follow-up data in 2006 from children in Melbourne or Geelong. Parents completed a food frequency questionnaire at both time points. ‘Healthful’ and ‘energy-dense’ dietary pattern scores were computed. A Geographic Information System was used to determine the presence or absence of food outlets (cafés/restaurant; fast food; supermarkets/grocery stores; convenience store; greengrocer; and butcher, seafood or poultry retailer) within an 800 m road network buffer of home. Three typologies..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Karen Lamb Author

Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

The baseline survey was funded by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and the follow-up was funded by the Australian Research Council (DP0664206). The State of Victoria through its Department of Human Services (DHS) supported in part the creation of spatial data layer related to locations of food outlets. Anna Timperio was supported by a Future Leader Fellowship from the National Heart Foundation of Australia (Award ID 100046). Kylie Ball (APP1042442) is supported by a Principal Research Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The funding sources had no involvement in the design of the study, the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data or writing of the manuscript. The opinions and analyses in this paper are those of the authors and are not those of the Department of Health and Human Services, The Victorian Government, the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services, or the Victorian Minister for Health and Human Services.