ArticleHealth promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals2023
Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast-food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia.
Article in Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Living next door to McDonald's: a qualitative study of community submissions and resident realities pre- and post development.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Slushies before school: exploring how nearby food outlets impact the eating behaviours of secondary students in Perth, Western Australia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Temptation at the school fence: a qualitative exploration of the impact of external food outlets on the school community.BMC public health · 2026Article
- School food and nutrition environments in Australian primary schools: A scoping review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Planning guidance to limit hot food takeaways: Understanding the possible economic impacts.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Changes in the number of new takeaway food outlets associated with adoption of management zones around schools: A natural experimental evaluation in England.SSM - population health · 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
- Article
- Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast-food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors.
Funding
Abstract
issue addressedLocating fast-food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods they provide. Fast-food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast-food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area-level disadvantage and school type exist.
methodsFast-food outlet locations were sourced from Perth Local Governments in 2018/2019. All Perth Primary (n = 454), Secondary (n = 107) and K-12 (n = 94) schools were assigned an area-level disadvantage decile ranking based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA). Regression models assessed whether fast-food outlet availability within 400 m, 800 m and 1 km of schools differed by school type (ie, Primary/Secondary/K-12) or SEIFA.
resultsSecondary schools were significantly more likely than Primary and K-12 schools to have a higher presence and density of fast-food outlets and the "Top 4" fast-food outlet chains (McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Red Rooster) nearby. Schools located in low socio-economic status (SES) areas had a significantly higher density of fast-food outlets within 400 m, and "Top 4" fast-food outlet chains within 400 m and 1 km, than schools located in high SES area.
conclusionsPerth schools are surrounded by fast-food outlets with densities significantly higher around secondary schools and schools located in lower SES areas. SO WHAT?: Policies and regulations aimed at reducing fast-food outlets near schools is an essential strategy to improve dietary intakes and reduce obesity in schoolchildren.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.