Associations between the purchase of healthy and fast foods and restrictions to food access: A cross-sectional study in Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Objective To examine the associations between financial, physical and transport conditions that may restrict food access (which we define as food security indicators) and the purchase of fast foods and nutritious staples such as bread and milk. Design Multilevel logistic and multinomial regression analysis of cross-sectional survey data to assess associations between the three indicators of food insecurity and household food shopping adjusted for sociodemographic and socio-economic variables. Setting Random selection of households (n 3995) from fifty Census Collector Districts in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003. Subjects The main food shoppers in each household (n 2564). Results After adjustme..