Associations between Food Outlets around Schools and BMI among Primary Students in England: A Cross-Classified Multi-Level Analysis.

INTRODUCTION:Researchers and policy-makers are interested in the influence that food retailing around schools may have on child obesity risk. Most previous research comes from North America, uses data aggregated at the school-level and focuses on associations between fast food outlets and school obe...

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Main Authors: Julianne Williams, Peter Scarborough, Nick Townsend, Anne Matthews, Thomas Burgoine, Lorraine Mumtaz, Mike Rayner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4505878?pdf=render