Journal article
Baltimore City Stores Increased The Availability Of Healthy Food After WIC Policy Change
Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 34(11), pp 1849-1857
01 Nov 2015
PMID: 26526242
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Abstract
As part of a 2009 revision to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, the Department of Agriculture required WIC-authorized stores to stock additional varieties of healthy food. The long-term effects of this policy on access to healthy food are unknown. Using surveys conducted in 118 Baltimore City, Maryland, food stores in 2006 and 2012, we examined associations of the change in healthy food availability with store type, neighborhood demographics, and the 2009 WIC policy change. Overall, healthy food availability improved significantly between 2006 and 2012, with the greatest increases in corner stores and in census tracts with more than 60 percent black residents. On an 11-point scale measuring availability of fruit (3 points), vegetables (4 points), bread (2 points), and milk (2 points), the WIC policy change was associated with a 0.72-point increase in WIC-relevant healthy food availability, while joining WIC was associated with a 0.99-point increase. Stores that carry a limited variety of food items may be more receptive to stocking healthier food than previously thought, particularly within neighborhoods with a majority of black residents. Policies targeting healthy food availability have the potential to increase availability and decrease health disparities.
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- Title
- Baltimore City Stores Increased The Availability Of Healthy Food After WIC Policy Change
- Creators
- Laura K. Cobb - International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseCheryl A. M. Anderson - University of California, San DiegoLawrence Appel - Lawrence Appel is a professor and the director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University.Jessica Jones-Smith - BloombergUsama Bilal - BloombergJoel Gittelsohn - BloombergManuel Franco - University of Alcalá
- Publication Details
- Health affairs (Millwood, Va.), v 34(11), pp 1849-1857
- Publisher
- Project Hope
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- T32HL007024 / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training grant) Enrique Najera Grant for Young Epidemiologists - Sociedad Espanola de Epidemiologia National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) 2T32DK062707-11A1 / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (Diabetes and Endocrinology Training Grant) Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future-Lerner Fellowship R00HD073327 / EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) La Caixa Fellowship; La Caixa Foundation T32HL007024 / NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) T32DK062707 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Escuela Nacional de Sanidad
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000366724000008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85047289553
- Other Identifier
- 991019189082304721
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