The interplay between fast-food outlet exposure, household food insecurity and diet quality in disadvantaged districts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current study aimed to explore the interplay between food insecurity, fast-food outlet exposure and dietary quality in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

Design

In this cross-sectional study, main associations between fast-food outlet density and proximity, food insecurity status and dietary quality were assessed using Generalized Estimating Equation analyses. We assessed potential moderation by fast-food outlet exposure in the association between food insecurity status and dietary quality by testing for effect modification between food insecurity status and fast-food outlet density and proximity.

Setting

A deprived urban area in the Netherlands.

Participants

We included 226 adult participants with at least one child below the age of 18 years living at

SUBMITTER: van der Velde LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8825968 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature