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Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis

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Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis. / Xiang, Huasheng; Goffe, Louis; Albani, Viviana et al.
In: Obesity, Vol. 32, No. 12, 31.12.2024, p. 2345-2353.

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Xiang, H, Goffe, L, Albani, V, Akhter, N, Lake, A & Brown, H 2024, 'Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis', Obesity, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 2345-2353. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24127

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Xiang, H., Goffe, L., Albani, V., Akhter, N., Lake, A., & Brown, H. (2024). Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis. Obesity, 32(12), 2345-2353. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24127

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Xiang H, Goffe L, Albani V, Akhter N, Lake A, Brown H. Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis. Obesity. 2024 Dec 31;32(12):2345-2353. Epub 2024 Oct 23. doi: 10.1002/oby.24127

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Xiang, Huasheng ; Goffe, Louis ; Albani, Viviana et al. / Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England : A quasi-experimental analysis. In: Obesity. 2024 ; Vol. 32, No. 12. pp. 2345-2353.

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title = "Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England: A quasi-experimental analysis",
abstract = "Objectives:England has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe. To promote a healthier food environment in 2015, Gateshead Council in the North-East of England introduced planning guidelines effectively banning any new fast-food outlets. Our aim was to investigate if this policy led to any reductions in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and inequalities in these outcomes. Methods: We used data from National Child Measurement Programme, Food Standard Agency Food Hygiene Rating Data, and Office of National Statistics between 2012-2020. We estimated a difference in difference model employing propensity score matching to identify a control group. Results: We found no significant change in population level childhood overweight and obesity in Gateshead compared to control areas. In sub-group analysis by area level deprivation, we found that the quintile of deprivation with the highest proportion of fast-food outlets had a statistically significant reduction of 4.80% in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity compared to control areas. Conclusion:Restricting fast food outlets in areas with a high concentration of these outlets as part of a package of policies to reduce childhood obesity may help to reduce prevalence and inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity. ",
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RIS

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T1 - Planning policies to restrict fast food and inequalities in child weight in England

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AU - Xiang, Huasheng

AU - Goffe, Louis

AU - Albani, Viviana

AU - Akhter, Nasima

AU - Lake, Amelia

AU - Brown, Heather

PY - 2024/12/31

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N2 - Objectives:England has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe. To promote a healthier food environment in 2015, Gateshead Council in the North-East of England introduced planning guidelines effectively banning any new fast-food outlets. Our aim was to investigate if this policy led to any reductions in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and inequalities in these outcomes. Methods: We used data from National Child Measurement Programme, Food Standard Agency Food Hygiene Rating Data, and Office of National Statistics between 2012-2020. We estimated a difference in difference model employing propensity score matching to identify a control group. Results: We found no significant change in population level childhood overweight and obesity in Gateshead compared to control areas. In sub-group analysis by area level deprivation, we found that the quintile of deprivation with the highest proportion of fast-food outlets had a statistically significant reduction of 4.80% in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity compared to control areas. Conclusion:Restricting fast food outlets in areas with a high concentration of these outlets as part of a package of policies to reduce childhood obesity may help to reduce prevalence and inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity.

AB - Objectives:England has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe. To promote a healthier food environment in 2015, Gateshead Council in the North-East of England introduced planning guidelines effectively banning any new fast-food outlets. Our aim was to investigate if this policy led to any reductions in childhood overweight and obesity prevalence and inequalities in these outcomes. Methods: We used data from National Child Measurement Programme, Food Standard Agency Food Hygiene Rating Data, and Office of National Statistics between 2012-2020. We estimated a difference in difference model employing propensity score matching to identify a control group. Results: We found no significant change in population level childhood overweight and obesity in Gateshead compared to control areas. In sub-group analysis by area level deprivation, we found that the quintile of deprivation with the highest proportion of fast-food outlets had a statistically significant reduction of 4.80% in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity compared to control areas. Conclusion:Restricting fast food outlets in areas with a high concentration of these outlets as part of a package of policies to reduce childhood obesity may help to reduce prevalence and inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity.

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