Journal article
Fast food purchasing and access to fast food restaurants: A multilevel analysis of VicLANES
LE Thornton, RJ Bentley, AM Kavanagh
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | Published : 2009
Abstract
Background: While previous research on fast food access and purchasing has not found evidence of an association, these studies have had methodological problems including aggregation error, lack of specificity between the exposures and outcomes, and lack of adjustment for potential confounding. In this paper we attempt to address these methodological problems using data from the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environments Study (VicLANES) - a cross-sectional multilevel study conducted within metropolitan Melbourne, Australia in 2003. Methods: The VicLANES data used in this analysis included 2547 participants from 49 census collector districts in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. The o..
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Funding Acknowledgements
LT is supported by a Melbourne Research Scholarship (University of Melbourne). RB is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council capacity building grant (ID 324724). VicLANES was supported by a grant from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth). This paper was undertaken independently of any influence by the funding sources. We would like to acknowledge Damien Jolley, Gavin Turrell, David Crawford, Tania King, Emma Rawlings and Lyndal Thomas for their contributions to the VicLANES project.