Table 2.
Healthy food and beverage availability in urban stores located in close proximity to schools of low socio-economic status across four US cities, 2008
| Fresh fruit & vegetables |
Processed fruit & vegetables |
Healthy beverages & low-fat dairy |
Healthy snacks |
Other healthy staple foods |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possible range | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–8 | 0–9 |
| All stores, by site | |||||
| Baltimore, MD (n 45) | 0·7 | 1·3 | 2·2 | 1·6 | 2·3 |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (n 16) | 1·1 | 2·1 | 3·3 | 4·9 | 4·8 |
| Oakland, CA (n 28) | 1·1 | 1·3 | 2·4 | 3·5 | 2·8 |
| Philadelphia, PA (n 19) | 0·8 | 1·6 | 2·1 | 3·8 | 3·9 |
| P value (across sites) | 0·19 | 0·16 | 0·08 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 |
| Small stores only, by site | |||||
| Baltimore, MD (n 10) | 1·1 | 1·5 | 2·3 | 2·0 | 3·4 |
| Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (n 13) | 1·3 | 2·1 | 3·1 | 4·6 | 4·5 |
| Oakland, CA (n 19) | 1·1 | 1·6 | 2·3 | 3·6 | 2·8 |
| Philadelphia, PA (n 13) | 0·8 | 1·6 | 2·2 | 3·8 | 4·2 |
| P value (across sites) | 0·73 | 0·69 | 0·45 | 0·007 | 0·06 |
| All sites, by store size | |||||
| Single-aisle (n 45) | 0·5 | 1·1 | 2·0 | 1·8 | 1·9 |
| Small (2–5 aisles) (n 55) | 1·1 | 1·7 | 2·5 | 3·6 | 3·7 |
| Large (≥6 aisles) (n 8) | 1·4 | 1·9 | 4·0 | 5·4 | 5·5 |
| P value (across store types) | 0·002 | 0·04 | 0·007 | <0·0001 | <0·0001 |