caa a22 4500 606221697 CHVBK 20210128101130.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00038-014-0620-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00038-014-0620-4 Food access and children's BMI in Toronto, Ontario: assessing how the food environment relates to overweight and obesity [Elektronische Daten] [Kristian Larsen, Brian Cook, Michelle Stone, Guy Faulkner] Objectives: The objective was to examine how access to fast food restaurants, less healthy/healthier food outlets and supermarkets relate to measured levels of overweight and obesity among grade 5 and 6 students. Methods: Measured height and weight data were obtained to measure BMI. The location and type of food outlet were derived from Toronto Public Health. The density of fast food, less healthy/healthy food outlets and supermarkets within a 1-km walk of the child's home was calculated along with the distance to the closest. Logistic regression models examined the relationship between food access and overweight/obesity. Results: Lower income residents were more likely to be overweight or obese, as were boys. Living in an area with a higher density of healthy food outlets and in close proximity to a supermarket decreased the odds of being overweight or obese. Conclusions: Addressing several limitations in the literature, the findings confirm an association between the food retail environment and body weight. Density of healthy food outlets and distance to the nearest supermarket are important factors to be considered in addressing the childhood obesity pandemic. Swiss School of Public Health, 2014 Food environment nationallicence GIS nationallicence BMI nationallicence Children's health nationallicence Obesity nationallicence Larsen Kristian Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada aut Cook Brian Toronto Public Health, Toronto, ON, Canada aut Stone Michelle Department of Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada aut Faulkner Guy Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada aut International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 69-77 1661-8556 60:1<69 2015 60 38 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0620-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0620-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larsen Kristian Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cook Brian Toronto Public Health, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stone Michelle Department of Kinesiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Faulkner Guy Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Public Health Springer Basel 60/1(2015-01-01), 69-77 1661-8556 60:1<69 2015 60 38