The Availability of Healthy Food Options in Fast Food Outlets in Six Rural Counties

Availability of healthier options in traditional and nontraditional rural fast-food outlets

BACKGROUND Food prepared away from home has become increasingly popular to U.S. families, and may contribute to obesity. Sales have been dominated by fast food outlets, where meals are purchased for dining away from home or in the home. Although national chain affiliated fast-food outlets are considered the main source for fast food, fast foods are increasingly available in convenience stores a...

Water shortage in Australian fast food outlets.

Short Communication Geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods in neighbourhoods

Objective: To examine associations between geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: A predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA. Subjects: Data from 705 household shoppers were analysed using ordinary leastsquares regression to examine relationships between geographic measures (presence and di...

Geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods in neighbourhoods.

OBJECTIVE To examine associations between geographic measures of retail food outlets and perceived availability of healthy foods. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING A predominantly rural, eight-county region of South Carolina, USA. SUBJECTS Data from 705 household shoppers were analysed using ordinary least-squares regression to examine relationships between geographic measures (presence and...

Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between residential exposure to fast-food entrées, using two measures of potential spatial access: proximity (distance to the nearest location) and coverage (number of different locations), and weekly consumption of fast-food meals. METHODS Traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets, such as conv...