Disparities in Obesity-Related Outdoor Advertising by Neighborhood Income and Race
Disparities in Obesity-Related Outdoor Advertising by Neighborhood Income and Race
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DOI:
10.1007/s11524-015-9980-1
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发表时间:
2015-10-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Miller, Lisa M. Soederberg
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作者:
Cassady, Diana L.;Liaw, Karen;Miller, Lisa M. Soederberg
Food marketing is a leading driver of the obesity epidemic where each food advertisement serves as a prompt for automatic eating. 1, 2 An extensive literature on television, radio, print, and Internet ads has examined the ways in which the food industry targets minority audiences. 3–6 However, outdoor advertising found on billboards, bus benches, bus shelters, and storefronts is understudied. One recent paper reported that for every 10% increase in the number of outdoor advertisements for food or beverages, there was a 1.05 greater odds of an individual in that neighborhood being overweight or obese, after controlling for income, education, and race. 7Outdoor ads for unhealthy products of all types, including cigarettes and alcohol, are more likely to be in areas with a higher proportion of minorities and low-income individuals. 8, 9 Specifically for outdoor food ads, Latino and Asian neighborhoods had as much as 6 times the outdoor food advertising and low-income African-American neighborhoods had 2–32 times the number of outdoor food ads compared to high-income white neighborhoods. 7, 9, 10 Only one published study to date has examined outdoor advertising for physical activity. 10 African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be obese 11 and to suffer disproportionately from diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related conditions compared to their white counterparts. 12 Interventions designed to reduce disparities in obesity are more likely to succeed when environmental cues, such as outdoor advertising, are consistent with public health goals and messages. This pilot study is part of a larger research project examining neighborhood and individual influences on nutrition information processing, food choice, and obesity. Here, we present patterns of advertising related to the two key obesity-related behaviors, diet and physical activity, in an economically and racially diverse urban area in Northern California, and investigate whether there are disparities in the distribution of these ads by neighborhood income and race.