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What about grocery stores makes us fat? Principal Investigator:
Guadalupe X. 'Suchi' Ayala. PhD, MPH This study aims
to develop and test a method for classifying grocery stores on degree
of healthfulness and examine whether this degree of healthfulness
is associated with prevalence of overweight/obesity among Latinos
who frequent these stores. In addition, the program aims to identify
a feasible and cost-effective method of working with grocery store
managers and food suppliers to create healthier store environments.
Project activities include developing a systematic enumeration process
of all food stores in the South Bay region of San Diego County,
assessing identified stores on a number of dimensions using observational
methods, and interviewing store managers and food suppliers. These
data will inform an environmental-change intervention that seeks
to increase access and availability of healthy foods to disadvantaged
and ethnically diverse populations.
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