Obesity Abstracts

Background: Evidence suggests that the diet quality of children consuming school meals tends to be better than that of children consuming packed lunches or food brought from outside school. This study aims to investigate the association between the types of lunch consumed in a school day and diet quality of UK adolescents.Methods: 2118 British adolescents were included from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (Years 1–8). All participants were ag...

Background: The location of takeaway food shops is becoming increasingly studied in the UK with growing concerns around diet and obesity. UK planning policies to limit takeaways have been poorly thought out compared to other countries. There are no standardised measures used to measure the food environment around homes, schools, work or any other facilities. This study aims to examine the differences in using different methods to evaluate the food environment particularly arou...