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HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 415-423Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.08.008
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health disparities; birth outcomes; African American health; nutrition and health; food markets; structural violence
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This paper investigates urban retail food markets and health in Syracuse, New York. A structured observational analysis found that a majority of corner markets do not sell fresh produce or low fat dairy products, but conduct a lively business selling lottery tickets, cigarettes, and liquor. A comparison of census tracts with and without access to supermarkets that sell fresh produce and other healthy food found that pregnant women living in proximity to a supermarket had significantly fewer low birth weight births than other pregnant women regardless of income level. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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