Purchasing patterns in low-income neighbourhoods: implications for studying sugar-sweetened beverage taxes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aimed to determine the store types from which people in low-income neighbourhoods purchase most sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and to identify associations between purchasing location and demographic characteristics.

Design

Street-intercept surveys of passers-by near high foot-traffic intersections in 2016. Participants completed a beverage frequency questionnaire and identified the type of store (e.g. corner store, chain grocery) from which they purchased most SSB.

Setting

Eight low-income neighbourhoods in four Bay Area cities, California, USA.ParticipantsSample of 1132 individuals who reported consuming SSB, aged 18-88 years, who identified as African-American (41 %), Latino (29 %), White (17 %) and Asian (6 %).

Results

Based on

SUBMITTER: Madsen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6554056 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature