ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014
Socioeconomic context and the food landscape in Texas: results from hotspot analysis and border/non-border comparison of unhealthy food environments.
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- Within-store fast food marketing: The association between food swamps and unhealthy advertisement.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- The Changing Landscape of Food Deserts and Swamps over More than a Decade in Flanders, Belgium.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Food Environments and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The use and misuse of ratio and proportion exposure measures in food environment research.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Using Electronic Medical Record Data to Better Understand Obesity in Hispanic Neighborhoods in El Paso, Texas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Online Food Shopping: A Conceptual Analysis for Research Propositions.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- A border versus non-border comparison of food environment, poverty, and ethnic composition in Texas urban settings.Frontiers in public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the food landscape of Texas using the CDC's Modified Retail Food Environment (mRFEI) and to make comparisons by border/non-border.
methodsThe Modified Retail Food Environment index (mRFEI (2008)) is an index developed by the CDC that measures what percent of the total food vendors in a census track sell healthy food. The range of values is 0 (unhealthy areas with limited access to fruits and vegetables) to (100-Healthy). These data were linked to 2010 US Census socioeconomic and ethnic concentration data. Spatial analysis and GIS techniques were applied to assess the differences between border and non-border regions. Variables of interest were mRFEI score, median income, total population, percent total population less than five years, median age, % receiving food stamps, % Hispanic, and % with a bachelor degree.
resultsFindings from this study reveal that food environment in Texas tends to be characteristic of a "food desert". Analysis also demonstrates differences by border/non-border location and percent of the population that is foreign born and by percent of families who receive food stamps.
conclusionsIdentifying the relationship between socioeconomic disparity, ethnic concentration and mRFEI score could be a fundamental step in improving health in disadvantage communities, particularly those on the Texas-Mexico border.
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