Do minority and poor neighborhoods have higher access to fast-food restaurants in the United States?

Health and Place

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  James, Peter ^a   Arcaya, Mariana C ^b   Parker, Devin M ^c   Tucker Seeley, Reginald D ^d   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food access; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; FOOD MARKET; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POVERTY; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FOOD ACCESS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902455684     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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