OBJECTIVE: Given that small food stores may be important retail food sources in low-income urban communities, our objective was to examine cross-city comparative data documenting healthy food availability within such facilities, particularly those located in low-income areas and nearby schools. DESIGN: Food stores in Baltimore, Maryland; Minneapolis\/St. Paul, Minnesota; Oakland, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were selected for assessment based on proximity to low-income schools. Stores were defined as: (i) single-aisle (n 45); (ii) small (2-5 aisles; n 52); and (iii) large (> or = 6 aisles; n 8). Staff conducted in-store audits to assess the presence\/absence of twenty-eight healthy items, organized within five categories: (i) fresh fruits\/vegetables, (ii) processed fruits\/vegetables, (iii) healthy beverages\/low-fat dairy, (iv) healthy snacks and (v) other healthy staple foods. RESULTS: The availability of healthy food items was low, particularly in single-aisle and small stores, and there was significant cross-site variability in the availability of healthy snacks (P < 0.0001) and other healthy staple foods (P < 0.0001). No cross-site differences existed for fruits\/vegetables or healthy beverages\/low-fat dairy availability. Healthy food availability scores increased significantly with store size for nearly all food\/beverage categories (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, healthy food availability in these venues was limited. Region-specific factors may be important to consider in understanding factors influencing healthy food availability in small urban markets. Data suggest that efforts to promote healthy diets in low-income communities may be compromised by a lack of available healthy foods. Interventions targeting small stores need to be developed and tailored for use in urban areas across the USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","mots_cles":[],"class_list":["post-42147","resume","type-resume","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"adresse":"Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, WBOB Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA. mnlaska@umn.edu","annee":"2010","mois":"7","numero":"13:7","page":"1031-5","auteurs":[{"ID":42146,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 02:44:30","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:44:30","post_content":"","post_title":"Borradaile","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"borradaile","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 02:44:30","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 01:44:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/borradaile\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":15330,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 19:23:50","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 18:23:50","post_content":"","post_title":"June M Tester","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"june-m-tester","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 19:23:50","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 18:23:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/june-m-tester\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"sources":[{"ID":31458,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-03 23:45:23","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-03 22:45:23","post_content":"","post_title":"PUBLIC HEALTH NUTR","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"public-health-nutr-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-03 23:45:23","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-03 22:45:23","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/source\/public-health-nutr-2\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"source","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"yoast_head":"\n