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Association Between Food Distress and Smoking Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Adults, Schenectady, New York, 2013–2014
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 14 — August 24, 2017
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Five neighborhoods that had low access to healthy food were clustered in the inner part of the city. Eight of 9 of the city’s food pantries were concentrated in these neighborhoods.
Figure.
Food environment of Schenectady, New York, 2014. We defined a neighborhood having low access to healthy food as 1) being more than 1 street-network mile from the geometric center of inhabited areas of the neighborhood to the nearest supermarket (24) and 2) having fewer than 5.0 stores per 10,000 population density that carry at least 2 types of fresh fruits (excluding lemons and limes) and 2 types of dark-colored fresh vegetables (25). We defined a neighborhood having moderate access to healthy food as 1) being within 1 street-network mile from the geometric center of inhabited areas of the neighborhood to the nearest supermarket and 2) having fewer than 10.0 stores per 10,000 population density that carry at least 2 types of fresh fruits (excluding lemons and limes) and 2 types of dark-colored fresh vegetables.
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