Is the number of fast-food outlets in the neighbourhood related to screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors?

DH Bodicoat; P Carter; A Comber; C Edwardson; LJ Gray; S Hill; D Webb; T Yates; MJ Davies; K Khunti

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Is the number of fast-food outlets in the neighbourhood related to screen-detected type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors?

DH Bodicoat, P Carter, A Comber, C Edwardson, LJ Gray, S Hill, D Webb, T Yates, MJ Davies, K Khunti

Public Health Nutrition | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002316

Abstract

© The Authors 2014. Objective We investigated whether a higher number of fast-food outlets in an individual's home neighbourhood is associated with increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and related risk factors, including obesity. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Three UK-based diabetes screening studies (one general population, two high-risk populations) conducted between 2004 and 2011. The primary outcome was screen-detected type 2 diabetes. Secondary outcomes were risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Subjects In total 10 461 participants (mean age 59 years; 53 % male; 21 % non-White ethnicity). Results There was a higher number of neighbourhood (500 m radius from home postcod..

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Kamlesh Khunti Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

The present research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care - East Midlands (NIHR CLAHRC - EM), the Leicester Clinical Trials Unit and the NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, which is a partnership between University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Loughborough University and the University of Leicester. ADDITION-Leicester was funded for support and treatment costs by the National Health Service (NHS) Department of Health Support for Science and project grants. Let's Prevent Diabetes was funded by an NIHR Programme Grant. Walking Away from Diabetes was supported by funding from the NIHR CLAHRC for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. The study funders had no role in the design, analysis, or writing of this article.