Supermarket and fast-food outlet exposure in Copenhagen: associations with socio-economic and demographic characteristics

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 1618 - 1626
• Main Authors: Svastisalee, Chalida M, Nordahl, Helene, Glümer, Charlotte, Holstein, Bjørn E, Powell, Lisa M, Due, Pernille
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2011; CABI Pub. on behalf of the Nutrition Society
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; business enterprises; Cross-Sectional Studies; Denmark; Eating behavior; Economic factors; Economics; Emigrants and Immigrants; Epidemiology; Exercise; Exposure; Family Characteristics; Fast food; Fast food industry; Fast Foods; Food; Food Supply; Geographic information systems; household income; Humans; immigration; Immigration policy; Income; Investigations; Low income groups; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neighborhoods; Obesity; Overweight; Physical fitness; Population; Remote sensing; Residence Characteristics; School districts; sociodemographic characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; Supermarkets; Tax allocation; United Kingdom; United States; Young Adult; Denmark; Canada; United Kingdom > UK; Australia; United States > US; United States; United Kingdom; Food environment; Geographic information system; Supermarkets; Fast-food outlets

Objective: To investigate whether exposure to fast-food outlets and supermarkets is socio-economically patterned in the city of Copenhagen. Design: The study was based on a cross-sectional multivariate approach to examine the association between the number of fast-food outlets and supermarkets and n...