Healthy versus unhealthy suppliers in food desert neighborhoods: A network analysis of corner stores’ food supplier networks

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15058-15074

  Mui, Yeeli ^a,b   Lee, Bruce Y ^a,b   Adam, Atif ^a   Kharmats, Anna Y ^a   Budd, Nadine ^b   Nau, Claudia ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner store; Food deserts; Food environment; Food supply; Healthy food availability; Network analysis; Obesity; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ETHNICITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD MARKET; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; URBAN SOCIETY;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; ORGANIC FOOD; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84949293697     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121214965     Document Type: Article

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