Study Links Availability of Supermarkets To Disparities in Diet, Illness
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
A new study looks at what influences the availability of supermarkets has on disparities in diet and illness within certain communities.
According to the new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health study, Black Americans’ fruit and vegetable intake increased by 32 percent for each additional supermarket in the neighborhoods where they lived. White Americans’ fruit and vegetable consumption, however, increased by 11 percent with the presence of one or more supermarket in their neighborhoods, the study showed.
