School food environments associated with adiposity in Canadian children

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 41; no. 7; pp. 1005 - 1010
• Main Authors: Fitzpatrick, C, Datta, G D, Henderson, M, Gray-Donald, K, Kestens, Y, Barnett, T A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/1702/393; Adipose tissue; Adiposity; Calories; Causes of; Census; Child; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Children; Cluster Analysis; Clusters; Deprivation; Energy Intake; Epidemiology; Fast food; Female; Food; Food and Nutrition; Food availability; Food Dispensers, Automatic - standards; Food security; Food Services - standards; Genetics; Geographic information systems; Guideline Adherence; Health aspects; Health promotion; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Indicators; Indoor environments; Information systems; Internal Medicine; Life Sciences; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Neighborhoods; Nutrition; Nutrition Policy; Obesity; Obesity in children; original-article; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity - prevention & control; Policies; Populations and Evolution; Public Health; Quality assessment; Quebec - epidemiology; Regression analysis; Regression models; Risk factors; Satellite navigation systems; School food services; School Health Services; School lunches; School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc; Schools; Social aspects; Social Environment; Stores; Students; Travel; Youth; Canada

Background/Objectives: Targeting obesogenic features of children’s environment that are amenable to change represents a promising strategy for health promotion. The school food environment, defined as the services and policies regarding nutrition and the availability of food in the school and surrou...