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Fast-food fights: News coverage of local efforts to improve food environments through land-use regulations, 2000-2013

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  • Nixon, L.
  • Mejia, P.
  • Dorfman, L.
  • Cheyne, A.
  • Young, S.
  • Friedman, L.C.
  • Gottlieb, M.A.
  • Wooten, H.

Abstract

Zoning and other land-use policies are a promising but controversial strategy to improve community food environments. To understand how these policies are debated, we searched existing databases and the Internet and analyzed news coverage and legal documentation of efforts to restrict fast-food restaurants in 77 US communities in 2001 to 2013. Policies intended to improve community health were most often proposed in urban, racially diverse communities; policies proposed in small towns or majority-White communities aimed to protect community aesthetics or local businesses. Health-focused policies were subject to more criticism than other policies and were generally less successful. Our findings could inform the work of advocates interested in employing land-use policies to improve the food environment in their own communities.

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  • Nixon, L. & Mejia, P. & Dorfman, L. & Cheyne, A. & Young, S. & Friedman, L.C. & Gottlieb, M.A. & Wooten, H., 2015. "Fast-food fights: News coverage of local efforts to improve food environments through land-use regulations, 2000-2013," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(3), pages 490-496.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302368_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302368
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    1. Elnaz Moghimi & Mary E Wiktorowicz, 2019. "Regulating the Fast-Food Landscape: Canadian News Media Representation of the Healthy Menu Choices Act," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-22, December.
    2. Brennan Davis & Cornelia Pechmann, 2023. "When Students Patronize Fast-Food Restaurants near School: The Effects of Identification with the Student Community, Social Activity Spaces and Social Liability Interventions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-24, March.

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