Junk-Food Jungle

A new report by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy demonstrates that people who live near an abundance of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores compared to grocery stores and produce vendors, have a significantly higher prevalence of obesity and diabetes regardless of individual or community income.

Using a measure called the Retail Food Environment Index (# Fast-Food Restaurants + # Convenience Stores / # Grocery Stores + # Produce Vendors) they compared different urban areas and counties across California.

Read the report and see their methodology here: http://www.publichealthadvocacy.org/designedfordisease.html