Disparities in the availability of fruits and vegetables between racially segregated urban neighbourhoods
Disparities in the availability of fruits and vegetables between racially segregated urban neighbourhoods
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DOI：
10.1017/s1368980007000079
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Filomena, Susan
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作者：
Morland, Kimberly;Filomena, Susan
目的：公共卫生专业人员继续看到水果和蔬菜消费对人口健康的好处。虽然在医学文献中评估农产品可获得性的研究很少，但可获得性的差异可能解释了某些人摄入农产品的不成比例。因此，本研究的目的是评估位于两个种族和经济多样化的城市neighborhoods.Design的产品的可用性和品种：进行了一项横断面研究，其中50%的超市，小杂货店，熟食店，水果和蔬菜市场位于特定的街区随机抽样调查，2004年9月至2005年7月。对食品商店进行了评估，以确定20种新鲜水果和19种新鲜蔬菜的供应情况，以及它们的品种，以及它们是否是罐装的、冷冻的或预先准备的。2000年美国人口普查信息被用来确定的地理编码的人口普查区的特点，其中食品stores.Setting：布鲁克林，纽约。结果：超市位于大约每三个人口普查区主要是白色地区（患病率= 0.33）和每四个人口普查区的种族混合区（患病率= 0.27）。在黑人占多数的地区没有超市。除香蕉、土豆、秋葵和丝兰外，以黑人为主的地区商店出售新鲜农产品的比例较低，而超市出售的农产品种类最多。罐头和冷冻水果和蔬菜被发现在大多数商店，而准备和有机农产品仅限于主要是白色区，stores.Conclusions：这些数据表明，新鲜农产品的可用性和品种与邻里种族组成，可能是一个因素，导致居民之间的摄入量差异。
Objective: Public health professionals continue to see the benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption on population health. While studies that evaluate the availability of produce are sparse in the medical literature, disparities in availability may explain the disproportional intake of produce for some people. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the availability and variety of produce located in two racially and economically diverse urban neighbourhoods.Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted in which 50% of the supermarkets, small grocery stores, delicatessens, and fruit and vegetable markets located in specific neighbourhoods were randomly sampled and surveyed between September 2004 and July 2005. Food stores were evaluated for the availability of 20 types of fresh fruits and 19 types of fresh vegetables, as well as their varieties and whether they were canned, frozen or previously prepared. 2000 US Census information was used to determine characteristics of the geo-coded census tracts where the food stores were located.Setting: Brooklyn, New York.Results: A supermarket was located in approximately every third census tract in predominantly white areas (prevalence = 0.33) and every fourth census tract in racially mixed areas (prevalence = 0.27). There were no supermarkets located in the predominantly black areas. With the exception of bananas, potatoes, okra and yucca, a lower proportion of predominantly black area stores carried fresh produce, while supermarkets carried the largest variety of produce types. Canned and frozen fruits and vegetables were found in the majority of stores, whereas prepared and organic produce was limited to predominantly white area, stores.Conclusions: These data demonstrate that the availability and variety of fresh produce is associated with neighbourhood racial composition and may be a factor contributing to differences in intake among residents.