ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2017
Can the introduction of a full-service supermarket in a food desert improve residents' economic status and health?
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- Optimal nutrition for all requires a synergistic approach between food environments and food systems.Nature food · 2025Article
- Addressing mental health deserts: a geographic and economic analysis of mental health service gaps in Houston.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Beyond supermarkets: ethnic stores, food environments, and the limits of the Food Access Research Atlas.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Community Investments and Diet-Related Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Residents of Two Urban Neighborhoods.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
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- Supermarket Proximity and Risk of Hypertension, Diabetes, and CKD: A Retrospective Cohort Study.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2023Article
- What Is Associated with Changes in Food Security among Low-Income Residents of a Former Food Desert?Nutrients · 2022Article
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- Disparities in SNAP online grocery delivery and implementation: Lessons learned from California during the 2020-21 COVID pandemic.Health & place · 2022Article
- Implementing a Rural Natural Experiment: A Protocol for Evaluating the Impacts of Food Coops on Food Consumption, Resident's Health and Community Vitality.Methods and protocols · 2022Article
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purposeTo estimate the impacts of a new supermarket in a low-income desert, on residents' economic status and health.
methodsWe surveyed a randomly selected cohort in two low-income Pittsburgh neighborhoods before and about 1 year following the opening of a supermarket. We used difference-in-difference approach to test changes across the two neighborhoods in residents' food security, United States Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infant and Children participation, employment, income, and self-reported health/chronic disease diagnoses.
resultsWe observed declines in food insecurity (-11.8%, P < .01), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation (-12.2%, P < .01), and fewer new diagnoses of high cholesterol (-9.6%, P = .01) and arthritis (-7.4%, P = .02) in the neighborhood with the new supermarket relative to residents of the comparison neighborhood. We also found suggestive evidence that residents' incomes increased more ($1550, P = .09) and prevalence of diabetes increased less in the neighborhood with the supermarket than in the comparison neighborhood (-3.6%, P = .10).
conclusionsLocating a new supermarket in a low-income neighborhood may improve residents' economic well-being and health. Policymakers should consider broad impacts of neighborhood investment that could translate into improved health for residents of underserved neighborhoods.
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