Table A4.

OLS coefficient estimates of food swamps on obesity rates.

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Food Swamp: Retail Food Environment Index (Modified v1)	0.118 **
	(0.0582)
Food Swamp: Retail Food Environment Index (Modified v2)		0.114 **
		(0.0503)
Food Swamp: Traditional RFEI			0.123 ***
			(0.0450)
Fast food retailers				0.00769 *
				(0.00390)
Fast food retailers/10,000 people					−0.0355 *
					(0.0177)
% Low income and Low Access	0.0151	0.0151	0.0140	0.00680	0.00775
	(0.0145)	(0.0145)	(0.0148)	(0.0131)	(0.0132)
Total Food Store	0.00148 **	0.00147 **	0.00149 **	0.00157 **	−0.00234
	(0.000569)	(0.000567)	(0.000569)	(0.000623)	(0.00216)
Recreational Facilities	−0.0273 ***	−0.0272 ***	−0.0269 ***	−0.0294 ***	−0.0331 ***
	(0.00796)	(0.00792)	(0.00795)	(0.00839)	(0.00797)
Natural Amenities	−1.043 ***	−1.043 ***	−1.033 ***	−1.038 ***	−1.049 ***
	(0.194)	(0.193)	(0.196)	(0.201)	(0.201)
Low-fat milk: Soda Price	1.653	1.648	1.670	1.936	2.250
	(1.670)	(1.668)	(1.683)	(1.724)	(1.758)
Bachelors degree (%)	−0.301 ***	−0.302 ***	−0.301 ***	−0.290 ***	−0.294 ***
	(0.0347)	(0.0348)	(0.0338)	(0.0357)	(0.0346)
Black (%)	0.0647 ***	0.0647 ***	0.0669 ***	0.0663 ***	0.0664 ***
	(0.0169)	(0.0170)	(0.0169)	(0.0169)	(0.0169)
Hispanic (%)	−0.0457 ***	−0.0458 ***	−0.0441 ***	−0.0422 ***	−0.0422 ***
	(0.0136)	(0.0137)	(0.0135)	(0.0135)	(0.0131)
Poverty Rate	0.101 ***	0.101 ***	0.0964 ***	0.105 ***	0.103 ***
	(0.0297)	(0.0298)	(0.0298)	(0.0310)	(0.0312)
Square Miles	−6.14 × 105	−6.08 × 105	−6.78 × 105	−6.10 × 105	−6.33 × 105
	(8.40 × 105)	(8.40 × 105)	(8.41 × 105)	(8.56 × 105)	(8.65 × 105)
Constant	34.06 ***	34.07 ***	34.03 ***	34.25 ***	33.94 ***
	(1.573)	(1.567)	(1.577)	(1.573)	(1.605)
Observations	3069	3069	3055	3108	3108
R-squared	0.561	0.562	0.562	0.559	0.561

Robust standard errors in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1.