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Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in food access and affordability

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posted on 2009-06-01, 00:00 authored by Kylie BallKylie Ball, Anna TimperioAnna Timperio, David CrawfordDavid Crawford
This study investigated whether the availability and accessibility of supermarkets and fruit and vegetable stores, and the availability, variety and price of foods within these stores, varied across areas of different levels of socioeconomic disadvantage in Melbourne, Australia. Data on food store locations, and food variety and price within stores were obtained through objective audits of 45 neighbourhoods of varying socioeconomic disadvantage. Geographical accessibility of healthy food stores was mostly better amongst those living in more advantaged neighbourhoods. Availability of healthy foods within stores only slightly favoured those in advantaged neighbourhoods. However food prices favoured those living in disadvantaged areas.

History

Journal

Health and place

Volume

15

Issue

2

Pagination

578 - 585

Publisher

Pergamon

Location

[Oxford, England]

ISSN

1353-8292

eISSN

1873-2054

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Elsevier