Abstract
The food environment is associated with obesity risk and diet-related chronic diseases. Despite extensive research conducted on retail food stores, little is known about prepared food sources (PFSs). We conducted an observational assessment of all PFSs (N = 92) in low-income neighborhoods in Baltimore. The most common PFSs were carry-outs, which had the lowest availability of healthy food choices. Only a small proportion of these carry-outs offered healthy sides, whole wheat bread, or entrée salads (21.4%, 7.1%, and 33.9%, respectively). These findings suggest that carry-out-specific interventions are necessary to increase healthy food availability in low-income urban neighborhoods.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 409-430 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Ecology of Food and Nutrition |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- Carry-outs
- Food environment
- Low-income neighborhoods
- Prepared food
- Restaurants
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Food Science
- Ecology