Journal article
The food environment in an urban Mexican American community
Health & place, v 16(3), pp 598-605
May 2010
PMID: 20167528
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Abstract
The objective was to determine whether ethnic composition of neighborhoods is associated with number and type of food stores in an urban, Mexican American US community. Data were from a commercial food store data source and the US Census. Multivariate count models were used to test associations with adjustment for neighborhood demographics, income, and commercialization. Neighborhoods at the 75th percentile of percent Mexican American (76%) had nearly four times the number of convenience stores (RR=3.9, 95% CI: 2.2–7.0) compared with neighborhoods at the 25th percentile (36%). Percent Mexican American in the neighborhood was not associated with the availability of other food store types (supermarkets, grocery stores, specialty stores, convenience stores with gas stations) in the adjusted model. The impact of greater access to convenience stores on Mexican American residents' diets requires exploration.
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- Title
- The food environment in an urban Mexican American community
- Creators
- Lynda D Lisabeth - Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USABrisa N Sánchez - Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USAJames Escobar - Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USARebecca Hughes - Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USAWilliam J Meurer - Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USABelinda Zuniga - Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USANelda Garcia - Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USADevin L Brown - Stroke Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USALewis B Morgenstern - Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 16(3), pp 598-605
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000278044500021
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77649186720
- Other Identifier
- 991014877975004721
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