Variations in the Availability and Price of Healthier Food Options by Store Type and Urban-Rural Setting Academic Article

abstract

• We used a comprehensive ground-truthed data set collected in 2006 from all traditional, convenience, and nontraditional retail food stores in the 6 rural and one urban counties of the Brazos Valley in Central Texas (n = 335) to identify location and store type, categories, and prices of healthier food options for food stores. There were small significant differences in availability and average price between rural and urban counties across all store types. Superstores provided substantially more availability and cheaper healthful foods, especially fresh items. Convenience stores and dollar stores improved the availability of healthier foods in both rural and urban settings. However, the prices offered by convenience stores were considerably higher in general. 2013 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Sharkey, Joseph

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF HUNGER & ENVIRONMENTAL NUTRITION

author list (cited authors)

• Jithitikulchai, T., Dean, W. R., & Sharkey, J. R.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Jithitikulchai, Theepakorn||Dean, Wesley R||Sharkey, Joseph R

publication date

• October 2012

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition  Journal

keywords

• Convenience Stores
• Dollar Stores
• Food Environment
• Food Price
• Healthy Food Items
• Rural And Urban Comparison
• Superstores

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/19320248.2012.735218

start page

• 381

end page

• 400

volume

• 7

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2012.735218