Junk Food Accessibility After 10 Years of a Restrictive Food Environment Zoning Policy Around Schools

The Food Environment Around Public Schools and the Consumption of Junk Food for Lunch by Québec Secondary School Students

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Junk Food Consumption among High School Students in Iran: The Role of Food Advertising

Introduction: Adolescence is one of the most important periods of human development. Nutrition plays an important role in health and prevention of disease during this period. Food advertising influences food purchase and food consumption among children and adolescents. Most of these advertisements are about the foods high in fat, salt and sugar. High exposure to these kinds of a...

The obesogenic environment around elementary schools: food and beverage marketing to children in two Mexican cities.

BACKGROUND Unhealthy environments and food advertisements are major determinants of childhood obesity. Recent regulation has banned unhealthy foods from schools in Mexico. However, currently there is no regulation limiting exposure to food marketing around schools. Thus, our objective was to analyze the characteristics of food advertising practices around 60 elementary schools in two cities and...

The commercial food landscape: outdoor food advertising around primary schools in Australia.

OBJECTIVE Food marketing is linked to childhood obesity through its influence on children's food preferences, purchase requests and food consumption. We aimed to describe the volume and nature of outdoor food advertisements and factors associated with outdoor food advertising in the area surrounding Australian primary schools. METHODS Forty primary schools in Sydney and Wollongong were select...