biostudies-literatureUnknownRobertson TMedical Research CouncilChief Scientist Office<h4>Objective</h4>Outdoor advertisements for food and drink products form a large part of the food environment and they disproportionately promote unhealthy products. However, less is known about the social patterning of such advertisements. The main aim of this study was to explore the socio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at bus stops in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.<h4>Design</h4>Bus stop advertisements were audited to identify food/drink adverts and classify them by food/drink category (i.e. 'advert category'). This data were then linked to area-based deprivation and proximity measures. Neighbourhood deprivation was measured using the bus stop x/y co-ordinates, which were converted to postcodes to identify the matching 2012 deprivation level via the Scottish IndPublic health nutrition1-9https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7612707biostudies-literatureSocio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK.PMC7612707SPHSU19MC_UU_12017/10SPHSU10MR/K023209/1MC_UU_00022/4Olsen JRRobertson TLambe KJepson RThornton LEfalseSocio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at public transport stops in Edinburgh, UK.<h4>Objective</h4>Outdoor advertisements for food and drink products form a large part of the food environment and they disproportionately promote unhealthy products. However, less is known about the social patterning of such advertisements. The main aim of this study was to explore the socio-economic patterning of food and drink advertising at bus stops in Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh.<h4>Design</h4>Bus stop advertisements were audited to identify food/drink adverts and classify them by food/drink category (i.e. 'advert category'). This data were then linked to area-based deprivation and proximity measures. Neighbourhood deprivation was measured using the bus stop x/y co-ordinates, which were converted to postcodes to identify the matching 2012 deprivation level via the Scottish Ind2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Dec2025-04-04T02:25:47.087Z2025-04-04T02:25:47.087ZS-EPMC76127073488692210.1017/S1368980021004766