title: Structural violence, urban retail food markets, and low birth weight.
abstract: This paper investigates urban retail food markets and health in Syracuse, New York. A structured observational analysis found that a majority of corner markets do not sell fresh produce or low fat dairy products, but conduct a lively business selling lottery tickets, cigarettes, and liquor. A comparison of census tracts with and without access to supermarkets that sell fresh produce and other healthy food found that pregnant women living in proximity to a supermarket had significantly fewer low birth weight births than other pregnant women regardless of income level.
authors.affiliation: Health and Wellness, Syracuse University, New York 13244 1230, USA. sdlane@syr.edu
authors.forename: Sandra D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Keefe
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
authors.forename: Brooke A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Levandowski
authors.forename: Noah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Donald A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cibula
authors.forename: Adwoa K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Boahene
authors.forename: Olabisi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dele-Michael
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Tanika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojtowycz
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008913:Minority Groups; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty; D011247:Pregnancy; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014505:Urban Population