Barriers to buying healthy foods for people with diabetes: evidence of environmental disparities.
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| Title: | Barriers to buying healthy foods for people with diabetes: evidence of environmental disparities. |
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| Authors: | Horowitz CR (AUTHOR), Colson KA (AUTHOR), Hebert PL (AUTHOR), Lancaster K (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | American Journal of Public Health. Sep2004, Vol. 94 Issue 9, p1549-1554. 6p. |
| Subjects: | Food, Natural foods, Diabetes, Nutrition, Ethnic groups, Convenience stores |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: A community coalition compared the availability and cost of diabetes-healthy foods in a racial/ethnic minority neighborhood in East Harlem, with those in the adjacent, largely White and affluent Upper East Side in New York City. METHODS: We documented which of 173 East Harlem and 152 Upper East Side grocery stores stocked 5 recommended foods. RESULTS: Overall, 18% of East Harlem stores stocked recommended foods, compared with 58% of stores in the Upper East Side (P <.0001). Only 9% of East Harlem bodegas (neighborhood stores) carried all items (vs 48% of Upper East Side bodegas), though East Harlem had more bodegas. East Harlem residents were more likely than Upper East Side residents (50% vs 24%) to have stores on their block that did not stock recommended foods and less likely (26% vs 30%) to have stores on their block that stocked recommended foods. CONCLUSIONS: A greater effort needs to be made to make available stores that carry diabetes-healthy foods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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