More fast-food restaurants in black neighborhoods than white neighborhoods

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There are more fast-food restaurants per square mile in low-income areas and predominantly black neighborhoods than higher-income areas and predominantly white neighborhoods according to a study from Louisiana. This may be contributing to the obesity epidemic among low-income and black families. 2.4 versus 1.5 fast-food restaurants per square mile

There were an average of 2.4 fast-food restaurants per square mile in predominantly black neighborhoods compared to 1.5 in predominantly white neighborhoods.

REFERENCE

Block J, Scribner R, Desalvo K. Fast food, race/ethnicity, and income a geographic analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2004 Oct, 27(3):211-17.

AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION

J. Block
Tulane University School of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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