Apples scarce for many in Big Apple
Up to three million New Yorkers live in communities with high rates of diet-related disease and a dearth of supermarkets (click 'See also' for study). Many residents spend food budget at pharmacies, which sell processed foods and sodas, then medicines for diet-related ills. City could support another 100 grocers; planning director calls situation a health crisis.
The New York Times 2008-05-05
Categories: ARTS, IDEAS & TRENDS, Diet-Related Disease, HEALTH & NUTRITION, History & Archaeology, Trends & Activism
Index: Amanda Burden, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Associated Store, big-box stores, bodegas, Brooklyn, Bruckner Plaza, Community Board 9, Della Dorsett, Department of City Planning, Department of Health, Desiree Gaylord, DOH, East harlem, Efrain Rosa, Elizabeth Lopez, Enrique Vega, Farmers Boulevard, Flatbush, food workers union, Fort Greene, gas statons, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16530621, Ingersoll Houses, James Hutcherson, Jimmy Proscia, Key Food, Kings County, Lean Cuisine, Local 1500, Myrtle Avenue, New York City Food Policy Coordinator, New Yorkers, NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYCEDC, Pat Purcell, Pathmark, Pick Quick Foods, Queens County, St. Albans, supermarkets, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Vornado Realty Trust, Wendi Kopsick