Influence of Socioeconomic Status on the Retail Food Environment in Alicante
Iván Hernández-Caravaca, Alba Martínez-García, Eva María Trescastro-López, Ángel Plaza-Gavaldón, Julio Martí-Cremades, Joaquín Moncho · 2024
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Iván Hernández-Caravaca and five co-authors audit food shops across rich and poor Alicante neighborhoods in a 2024 study. What a neighborhood sells shapes what it eats, and diet drives chronic disease. The team asked whether healthy food is equally within reach across the Spanish city's income map.
Trained auditors scored sixty-three shops with a validated Mediterranean survey, comparing healthy and less healthy versions of the same foods. Supermarkets offered the fullest, fairest access; small specialty and convenience shops lagged. Neighborhood income mattered too: poorer districts faced thinner healthy choices and steeper prices. The authors frame the map as evidence for food policy, not just shopping advice.
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| CREATOR | Iván Hernández-Caravaca, Alba Martínez-García, Eva María Trescastro-López, Ángel Plaza-Gavaldón, Julio Martí-Cremades, Joaquín Moncho |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |