Abstract
Introduction Researchers and policy-makers are interested in the influence that food retailing around schools may have on child obesity risk. Most previous research comes from North America, uses data aggregated at the school-level and focuses on associations between fast food outlets and school obesity rates. This study examines associations between food retailing and BMI among a large sample of primary school students in Berkshire, England. By controlling for individual, school and home characteristics and stratifying results across the primary school years, we aimed to identify if the food environment around schools had an effect on BMI, independent of socio-economic variables.
Highlights
National Child Measurement Programme data was used as determined by the data sharing agreement with the Information Centre of the National Health Service (NHS IC), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
The data sharing agreement stated that all record level data must be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and individual level data must not be made available without agreement of the NHS IC
Sharing of the NCMP data is governed by a set of regulations which state that outside of Department of Health and Public Health England, data can only be disclosed in a form in which no individual child can be identified
Summary
The Data Availability Statement appearing with the published article is incorrect. The correct Data Availability Statement should read: There are legal restrictions on the student outcome data. National Child Measurement Programme data was used as determined by the data sharing agreement with the Information Centre of the National Health Service (NHS IC), Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
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