Food availability, personal constraints, and community resources
- 1Center on Social Disparities in Health, University of California San Francisco, Department of Family and Community Medicine, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MU-3E, Box 0900, San Francisco, California 94143-0900, USA; and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station G1800/1800 Main Building, Austin, Texas 78712-0543, USA
- 2Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 211 Quarry Road, Room N229, Stanford, California 94305-5705, USA
- Marilyn Winkleby, PhD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 211 Quarry Road, Room N229, Stanford, California 94305-5705, USA; winkleby{at}stanford.edu
- Received 12 March 2007
- Revised 12 March 2007
- Accepted 20 May 2007
In the USA, a wide variety of affordable, nutritious food, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean proteins, found in supermarkets is often less available in economically deprived neighbourhoods compared with more affluent neighbourhoods.1–3 At the same time, availability of inexpensive, energy-dense nutrient-poor foods, …
