An economic analysis of community-level fast food prices and individual-level fast food intake: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While dietary intake is shaped by cost, there is minimal research on the association between community-level food prices and dietary intake.

Methods

We used nationally representative, longitudinal data to examine how community-level food price variation was associated with individual-level fast food intake by race/ethnicity and income across waves II (1996) and III (2001-2002) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n=11,088) from 158 baseline and 363 follow-up US counties.

Results

Negative binomial regression models predicting the number of fast food meals per week show strong relationships between fast food consumption and prices of fast food and soda that varied by gender and race/ethnicity. We found relatively stronger association betwe

SUBMITTER: Gordon-Larsen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3190083 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature