Table 4.
Mean Weekly Frequency of Eating at Fast Food Restaurants by Number of Fast Food Restaurants Within 1600 m Buffer of Respondent HOMES and 800m Buffer of Participant SCHOOLS
| Total Number of FF Restaurants | Participant N (%) |
Unadjusted weekly frequency |
Adjusted 1 weekly frequency |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Near Home (1600 m buffer) | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| 0 | 241 (8.9) | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1–2 | 475 (17.4) | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| 3–4 | 522 (19.2) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 5–6 | 553 (20.3) | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 7–8 | 420 (15.4) | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 9–10 | 198 (7.3) | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 11+ | 315 (11.6) | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
| Trend p-value 2 | 0.007 | 0.873 | 0.059 | 0.632 | |
| Higher counts of FF restaurants p-value 3 | 0.010 | 0.381 | 0.044 | 0.712 | |
| Near School (800 m buffer) | |||||
| 0 | 1037 (38.1)4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 1–2 | 781 (28.7) | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| 3+ | 906 (33.3) | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
| Trend p-value 2 | 0.539 | 0.368 | 0.644 | 0.299 | |
Fully adjusted including gender, grade level (high vs. middle school), race, and individual SES.
Trend: whether there is a trend for those living or going to school near more fast food restaurants to eat more.
Higher counts of fast food restaurants: test of whether those in areas with the highest counts of fast food restaurants (i.e. 11+) within 1600 meters ate more than the average of the rest.
The number of individuals sampled within schools with different numbers of nearby restaurants is shown. The number of schools in each category 0, 1–2, and 3+ were 7, 6, and 7 respectively.