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According to new research from the American Journal of Public Health, Latino majority schools are more likely to be located near fast food and tobacco outlets than their white peers.
In fact, researchers found that every 10 percent increase in the proportion of a school’s Hispanic students was associated with a five percent higher likelihood the school was within walking distance of places to buy both tobacco and fast food, researchers told Reuters.
According to researchers, this is the first study to consider the availability of fast food and tobacco in regards to students’ socioeconomic and racial characteristics.
They also found that lower income students had a three percent higher likelihood that the school was in walking distance to both fast food and tobacco.
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