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The New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study: Food Environment Maps, Camden

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The maps in this chartbook describe the food environment in Camden in terms of access to supermarkets, smaller grocery stores, convenience stores, and limited service restaurants. Research shows that when residents have access to healthy food outlets, they tend to eat healthy.

• Food environment maps were created using geo-coded commercially available data of food outlets (InfoUSA, 2008 and Trade Dimensions, 2008) in Camden and in a 1 mile buffer area around Camden.

•Using the commercial data and additional investigation, food outlets were classified into different categories based on their likeliliood of carrying healthy choices: supermarkets carry most healthy choices; smaller grocery stores carry fewer healthy choices; convenience stores and limited service restaurants are likely to carry mostly unhealthy choices.

• Access to different types of food outlets was computed at the census block group level based on concentration of stores / restaurants per unit area and is reported as food outlet densities.

•Food outlet density maps are compared with Census 2000 data to visualize accessibility of healthy food s in neighborhoods with different characteristics.

 

Data Sources: Info USA food outlet 2008 data

Trade Dimensions food outlet 2008 data

Census 2000 data

New Jersey Department of Education 2008-2009 data

Date Created
2010-08
Contributors
  • Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam (Author)
  • Tulloch, David (Author)
  • Petlick, Nirvana (Author)
  • Martinez, Diane (Author)
  • Yedidia, Michael J., 1946- (Author)
  • Rutgers Center for State Health Policy (Contributor)
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. National Program Office (Funder)
Topical Subject
  • Groceries
  • Obesity in children
  • Children--Nutrition
Geographic Subject
  • Camden, New Jersey
  • New Jersey
Resource Type
Text
Genre
Records and briefs
Extent
29 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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The New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study: Food Environment Maps
Identifier
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Place of Publication (Text)
Camden, New Jersey
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.340
Copyright Date
2010-08
System Created
  • 2021-02-17 09:40:52
System Modified
  • 2021-08-02 04:06:51
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  • 1 year 7 months ago
Additional Formats
  • OAI Dublin Core
  • MODS XML

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