Libuy, Nicolás;
Church, David;
Ploubidis, George;
Fitzsimons, Emla;
(2023)
Fast food proximity and weight gain in childhood and adolescence: Evidence from great Britain.
Health Economics
10.1002/hec.4770.
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Abstract
We study the relationship between proximity to fast food restaurants and weight gain from late childhood to early adolescence. We use the Millennium Cohort Study, a UK-wide nationally representative longitudinal study, linked with granular geocoded food outlet data to measure the presence of fast food outlets around children's homes and schools from ages 7 to 14. We find that proximity to fast food outlets is associated with increased weight (body mass index, overweight, obese, body fat, weight), but only among those with maternal education below degree level. Within this sample, those with lower levels of emotional regulation are at heightened risk of weight gain.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Fast food proximity and weight gain in childhood and adolescence: Evidence from great Britain |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hec.4770 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4770 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | health, obesity, population health |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181999 |
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