Association Between a Policy to Subsidize Supermarkets in Underserved Areas and Childhood Obesity Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The establishment and renovation of supermarkets may promote healthy diet practices among youth by increasing retail infrastructure for fresh foods.

Objective

To estimate the association between the Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH) program and the weight status of children and adolescents.

Design, setting, and participants

Using a difference-in-differences (DiD) design and including 12 months before and after a FRESH supermarket opened, data were analyzed for residentially stable public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade with objectively measured height and weight data from the academic years 2009 through 2016. Of the 8 FRESH-subsidized supermarkets in residential neighborhoods in New York City, New York, 5 were new and 3 were

SUBMITTER: Rummo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature