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Did you know Latino neighborhoods have one-third as many supermarkets as non-Latino ones?
Research indicates that adding supermarkets improves access to healthy food and boosts economic vitality in underserved areas, according to our new infographic on supermarkets, which is part of the new Salud America! Better Food in the Neighborhood and Latino Kids research package on the latest science and policy recommendations on healthy food access among Latinos.
Also, Latino kids’ body weight outcomes improved when the number of chain supermarkets in their neighborhood increased.
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Salud America! is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded national Latino childhood obesity prevention network based at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the team behind SaludToday.
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20.7
percent
of Latino kids have obesity (compared to 11.7% of white kids)
