The Availability of Culturally Preferred Fruits, Vegetables and Whole Grains in Corner Stores and Non-Traditional Food Stores

Mary O. Hearst, Jade Yang, Samantha Friedrichsen, Kathleen Lenk, Caitlin Caspi and Melissa N. Laska
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Mary O. Hearst: Public Health Department, St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA
Jade Yang: Public Health Department, St. Catherine University, Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA
Samantha Friedrichsen: Professional Data Analysts, Minneapolis, MN 55418, USA
Kathleen Lenk: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Caitlin Caspi: Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Melissa N. Laska: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Chronic health inequities for communities of color is partially attributed to a lack of healthy preferred food access. This manuscript explores whether corner stores and non-traditional food stores stock fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that the area cultural communities may prefer as part of complying with a local ordinance. This exploratory analysis identified corner and non-traditional food stores located in immigrant populations of color and African American neighborhoods as part of a larger study. Culturally preferred foods were identified from a list of food items in the parent (STORE) study and used to assess changes in availability. Stores did not have a great variety of culturally relevant foods pre- or post-ordinance, and overall findings show no significant changes over time and/or between ordinance and control community. Further interventions are needed to address cultural food availability in stores near communities of color.

Keywords: food policy; cultural foods; food access (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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