Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity

Robert W. Jeffery,Judy Baxter,Maureen T. McGuire,Jennifer A. Linde

Are fast food restaurants an environmental risk factor for obesity

2006

Robert W. Jeffery
Judy Baxter
Maureen T. McGuire
Jennifer A. Linde

Objective Eating at "fast food" restaurants has increased and is linked to obesity. This study examined whether living or working near "fast food" restaurants is associated with body weight.

Keywords:

Environmental Risk Factor
Obesity
Body mass index
Fast food restaurant
Gerontology
Behavioural sciences
Body weight
Medicine
Environmental health
telephone survey
index system
negatively associated
Social psychology
physical activity

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