Barriers to Buying Healthy Foods for People with Diabetes: Evidence of Environmental Disparities
This September 2004 American Journal of Public Health article describes a study comparing the availability and cost of diabetes-healthy foods in two racially and economically different New York City neighborhoods: East Harlem and the Upper East Side. NYSHealth is interested in reducing disparities in diabetes in New York State, and evidence from this report helps to identify factors that may exacerbate disparities.
Environmental roots of disparities are an important component of diabetes research. The findings from this study suggest that greater effort is required to make available stores that carry diabetes-healthy foods.
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