ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2024
Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: a quasi-experimental analysis.
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- Food Environment and Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
- Health and Dietary Disparities in the North of England: A Report From Nutrition North on Key Challenges in the North of England.Nutrition bulletin · 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
- 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
- The UK Food Environment: A Systematic Review of Domains, Methodologies, and Outcomes.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Review
- [Understanding and changing social disparities in health behaviour: nutrition as an interface between social inequality and health].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025Review
- Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: a quasi-experimental analysis.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
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objectiveEngland has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe. To promote a healthier food environment in 2015, Gateshead Council in North East England introduced planning guidelines effectively banning any new fast-food outlets. Our aim was to investigate whether this policy led to any reductions in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and the inequalities in these outcomes.
methodsWe used data from the National Child Measurement Programme, the Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating Scheme data, and the Office of National Statistics between 2012 and 2020. We estimated a difference-in-differences model employing propensity score matching to identify a control group.
resultsWe found no significant change in population-level childhood overweight and obesity in Gateshead compared with control areas. In subgroup analysis by area-level deprivation, we found that the quintile of deprivation with the highest proportion of fast-food outlets had a statistically significant reduction of 4.8% in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity compared with control areas.
conclusionsRestricting fast-food outlets in areas with a high concentration of such outlets as part of a package of policies to reduce childhood obesity may help to reduce prevalence and inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity.
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