SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2020
Food environment near schools and body weight-A systematic review of associations by race/ethnicity, gender, grade, and socio-economic factors.
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- Prevalence of Use of Mobile Food Delivery Services During School Hours in the United States: Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Digital food environments and youth diet: What's next for school nutrition policies?PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Area-level socioeconomic status and children's body weight: examining the role of unhealthy food environments.Nutrition journal · 2026Article
- Influence of Food Environment Around Schools on Nutritional Status and Body Mass Index Trajectories Among Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Examining disparities in the accessibility of unhealthy food vendors in school neighbourhoods across Ontario: Would the implementation of new distance-based regulations improve equity?Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026Article
- Fast-food and convenience outlets near schools in California: a comparison of private and public schools.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Citizen science for healthier food environments: a realist-informed process evaluation of the big food map app in Flanders, Belgium.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A Review of the Public Health Literature Examining the Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Race/Ethnicity on Health Outcomes in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Residential and School Food Swamps and Overweight in Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Urban Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Food Environment Around Schools in a Capital City in Southern Brazil: Changes in the Availability of Commercial Food Establishments Between 2012 and 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Digital platform-based conceptual framework for food environment research in China.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Socio-Ecologic Influences on Weight Trajectories Among Children with Obesity Living in Rural and Urban Settings.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- Rising socioeconomic disparities in childhood overweight and obesity in Belgium.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Article
- Deserts, Swamps and Food Oases: Mapping around the Schools in Bahia, Brazil and Implications for Ensuring Food and Nutritional Security.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Convenience stores: an obesogenic promoter in a metropolitan area of northern Mexico?Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The built environment and child obesity: A review of Australian policies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2024Review
- Socio-Spatial Segregation of Unhealthy Food Environments across Public Schools in Santiago, Chile.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Food Environments Within and Outside of Schools Play a Critical Role in Curtailing the Rise in Obesity among School-Aged Children over Time.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- When Students Patronize Fast-Food Restaurants near School: The Effects of Identification with the Student Community, Social Activity Spaces and Social Liability Interventions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Ecological study of the association between socioeconomic inequality and food deserts and swamps around schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Previous research reported modest associations between food environments near schools and adiposity among children overall. The associations within sociodemographic subgroups have not been synthesized. This review assessed the evidence on the associations between food environments near schools and childhood obesity within different demographic and socio-economic subgroups. PubMed and Scopus databases were searched to identify studies published in English between January 1, 1980, and April 25, 2019, examining the presence of fast food outlets, convenience stores, supermarkets, and grocery stores near schools and measures of overweight/obesity by race/ethnicity, gender, grade, and income level. Twelve cross-sectional and two ecological studies were included. Fast food outlets were most commonly examined (n = 12). The associations between fast food outlets near schools and obesity were generally positive among Latino, white, and African American students and across grade levels, although the strengths of evidence varied. The directions of association were mixed among Asian children. Three studies reported generally positive associations between convenience stores and obesity among Latino and African American children and mixed associations among white and Asian children. Longitudinal studies are needed in addition to studies examining underlying mechanisms of the differential influence of food environments near schools within each subgroup.
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