Does Proximity to Fast Food Cause Childhood Obesity? Evidence from Public Housing.
I12
J13
L83
R38
child health and obesity
food environment
public housing
urban neighborhoods
Journal
Regional science and urban economics
ISSN: 0166-0462
Titre abrégé: Reg Sci Urban Econ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101084730
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
entrez:
24
7
2020
pubmed:
24
7
2020
medline:
24
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We examine the causal link between proximity to fast food and the incidence of childhood obesity among low-income households in New York City. Using individual-level longitudinal data on students living in public housing linked to restaurant location data, we exploit the naturally occurring within-development variation in distance to fast food restaurants to estimate the impact of proximity on obesity. Since the assignment of households to specific buildings is based upon availability at the time of assignment to public housing, the distance between student residence and retail outlets-including fast food restaurants, wait-service restaurants, supermarkets, and corner stores-is plausibly random. Our credibly causal estimates suggest that childhood obesity increases with proximity to fast food, with larger effects for younger children who attend neighborhood schools.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32699458
doi: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103565
pmc: PMC7375416
mid: NIHMS1603992
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : NIDDK NIH HHS
ID : R01 DK108682
Pays : United States
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of Interest The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
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