TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile food vendors in urban neighborhoods-Implications for diet and diet-related health by weather and season
AU - Lucan, Sean C.
AU - Maroko, Andrew R.
AU - Bumol, Joel
AU - Varona, Monica
AU - Torrens, Luis
AU - Schechter, Clyde B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank A. Hal Strelnick, MD, for project guidance; Nandini Deb, MA, and Mahbooba Akhter Kabita for assistance with Bengali translation of interview questions for vendors; Hope M. Spano and the Hispanic Center of Excellence at Albert Einstein College of Medicine for intern coordination and financial support for data collection; Gustavo Hernandez for help with data collection. This publication was made possible by the CTSA Grant UL1 RR025750 and KL2 RR025749 and TL1 RR025748 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) . Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the NCRR or NIH.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - This study describes mobile food vendors (street vendors) in Bronx, NY, considering neighborhood-level correlations with demographic, diet, and diet-related health measures from City data. Vendors offering exclusively "less-healthy" foods (e.g., chips, processed meats, sweets) outnumbered vendors offering exclusively "healthier" foods (e.g., produce, whole grains, nuts). Wet days and winter months reduced all vending on streets, but exclusively "less-healthy" vending most. In summer, exclusively "less-healthy" vending per capita inversely correlated with neighborhood-mean fruit-and-vegetable consumption and directly correlated with neighborhood-mean BMI and prevalences of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (Spearman correlations 0.90-1.00, p values 0.037 to <0.001). In winter, "less-healthy" vending per capita directly correlated with proportions of Hispanic residents and those living in poverty (Spearman correlations 0.90, p values 0.037). Mobile food vending may contribute negatively to urban food-environment healthfulness overall, but exacerbation of demographic, diet, and diet-related health disparities may vary by weather, season, and neighborhood characteristics.
AB - This study describes mobile food vendors (street vendors) in Bronx, NY, considering neighborhood-level correlations with demographic, diet, and diet-related health measures from City data. Vendors offering exclusively "less-healthy" foods (e.g., chips, processed meats, sweets) outnumbered vendors offering exclusively "healthier" foods (e.g., produce, whole grains, nuts). Wet days and winter months reduced all vending on streets, but exclusively "less-healthy" vending most. In summer, exclusively "less-healthy" vending per capita inversely correlated with neighborhood-mean fruit-and-vegetable consumption and directly correlated with neighborhood-mean BMI and prevalences of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (Spearman correlations 0.90-1.00, p values 0.037 to <0.001). In winter, "less-healthy" vending per capita directly correlated with proportions of Hispanic residents and those living in poverty (Spearman correlations 0.90, p values 0.037). Mobile food vending may contribute negatively to urban food-environment healthfulness overall, but exacerbation of demographic, diet, and diet-related health disparities may vary by weather, season, and neighborhood characteristics.
KW - Disparities
KW - Food environment
KW - Mobile food vendors
KW - Seasonality
KW - Street foods
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.02.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 24631725
AN - SCOPUS:84896040451
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 27
SP - 171
EP - 175
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
ER -