Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 10-17Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.04.011
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Food access; Poverty; Race
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- Harvard NHLBI Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Grant [T32 HL 098048]
- Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research
- NCI K01 Career Development Grant [1K01CA169041]
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Background: Disproportionate access to unhealthy foods in poor or minority neighborhoods may be a primary determinant of obesity disparities. We investigated whether fast-food access varies by Census block group (CBG) percent black and poverty. Methods: We measured the average driving distance from each CBG population weighted ceramid to the five closest Lop Len fast-food chains and CBG percent black and percent below poverty. Results: Among 209,091 CBGs analyzed (95.1% of all US CBGs), CBG percent black was positively associated with fast-food access controlling for population density and percent poverty (average distance to Fast-food was 3.56 miles closer (95% Cl: -3.64, -3.48) in CBGs with the highest versus lowest quartile of percentage of black residents). Poverty was not independently associated with fast-food access. The relationship between fast-food access and race was stronger in CBGs with higher levels of poverty (p for interaction <0.0001), Conclusions: Predominantly black neighborhoods had higher access to Fast-food while poverty was not an independent predictor of fast-food access. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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