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Fast Food Restaurants and Food Stores: Longitudinal Associations With Diet in Young to Middle-aged Adults: The CARDIA Study

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Boone-Heinonen, Janne·2011·Archives of Internal Medicine

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BACKGROUND: A growing body of cross-sectional, small-sample research has led to policy strategies to reduce food deserts--neighborhoods with little or no access to healthy foods--by limiting fast food restaurants and small food stores and increasing access to supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods. METHODS: We used 15 years of longitudinal data from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a cohort of US young adults (aged 18-30 years at baseline) (n = 5115), with linked time-varying geographic information system-derived food resource measures. Using repeated measures from 4 examination periods (n = 15,854 person-examination observations) and conditional regression (conditioned on the individual), we modeled fast food consumption, diet quality, and adherence to fruit and vegetable recommendations as a function of fast food chain, supermarket, or grocery store availability (counts per population) within less than 1.00 km, 1.00 to 2.99 km, 3.00 to 4.99 km, and 5.00 to 8.05 km of respondents' homes. Models were sex stratified, controlled for individual sociodemographic characteristics and neighborhood poverty, and tested for interaction by individual-level income. RESULTS: Fast food consumption was related to fast food availability among low-income respondents, particularly within 1.00 to 2.99 km of home among men (coefficient, 0.34; 95% confidence interval, 0.16-0.51). Greater supermarket availability was generally unrelated to diet quality and fruit and vegetable intake, and relationships between grocery store availability and diet outcomes were mixed. CONCLUSION: Our findings provide some evidence for zoning restrictions on fast food restaurants within 3 km of low-income residents but suggest that increased access to food stores may require complementary or alternative strategies to promote dietary behavior change.

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Authors
Boone-Heinonen, J.
Venue
Archives of Internal Medicine
Published
2011-07-11
Volume
171
Issue
13
Pages
1162
ISSN
0003-9926 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2026994539
Cited by
382
References
40
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FWCI
71.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Archives of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01hc95095-66-0-1, 2r24hd050924-06, n01hc48050-59-0-1, n01hc48048-58-0-1, n01hc48047-55-0-1, n01hc48049-61-0-1)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA012162)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01HC48050, R01HL114091, R0-HL104580, N01 HC 95095, N01 HC048048, N01-HC-048049, N01 HC095095, N01 HC048050, N01-HC48048, N01-HC-48-049, R01HL104580, N01 HC048047, N01-HC-480-47)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH075854)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA121152, R01CA109831)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK56350, P30DK056350)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES10126), P30ES010126)
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR031982)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K01HD044263, R24 HD-050924)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Keywords
fast food restaurants, food deserts, food store availability, supermarket access, grocery stores, fast food consumption, diet quality, fruit and vegetable intake, low-income communities, neighborhood poverty, zoning restrictions, young adults, CARDIA study
MeSH terms
Adult, Alabama, California, Chicago, Coronary Disease, Diet, Female, Food Supply, Fruit, Humans, Income, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Minnesota, Obesity, Poverty Areas, Public Policy, Research Design, Residence Characteristics, Restaurants, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States, Vegetables, Health Behavior, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Young Adult, Fast Foods

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