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Association between food-outlet availability near secondary schools and junk-food purchasing among Australian adolescents

We sought to investigate the association between food-outlet availability near Australian secondary schools and frequency of Australian students’ discretionary food purchases.

Citation:
Trapp GSA, Hooper P, Thornton L, Kennington K, Sartori A, Hurworth M, Billingham W. Association between food-outlet availability near secondary schools and junk-food purchasing among Australian adolescents. Nutrition. 2021;91-92.

Keywords:
Adolescents; Fast food; Junk food; School food environment; food intake; government high school; major clinical study; school child; Western Australia

Abstract:
We sought to investigate the association between food-outlet availability near Australian secondary schools and frequency of Australian students’ discretionary food purchases.