US secondary schools and food outlet
Shannon N. Zenk and Lisa M. Powell
We examined the availability of fast food restaurants and convenience stores within walking distance (0.5 miles or 805 m) of...
The effect of fast food restaurants on obesity
Janet Currie, Stefano Della Vigna, Enrico Moretti, Vikram Pathania
We investigate the health consequences of changes in the supply of fast food using the exact geographical location of fast...
Clustering of Fast-Food Restaurants Around Schools: A Novel Application of Spatial Statistics to the Study of Food Environments
S. Bryn Austin,ScD, Steven J. Melly, MS, Brisa N. Sanchez., ScM, Aarti Patel, BA, Stephen Buka, ScD, Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD
We examined the concentration of fast food restaurants in areas proximal to schools to characterize school neighborhood food environments. We...
