Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Gillet Hall, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.
J Community Health. 2013 Jun;38(3):521-8. doi: 10.1007/s10900-012-9643-z.
With the rising rates of diabetes and obesity in New York City's poorest communities, efforts to assist low-income residents in spending money to promote nutritious food consumption have increased. The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which Bronx-based grocery stores offered nutritious foods on sale through their weekly circulars. Over a 2-month period, we analyzed 2,311 food and beverage products placed on the first page of online circulars for fifteen Bronx-based grocery stores. For each circular, we recorded the number of starchy and non-starchy fruits and vegetables; for each product, total fiber and carbohydrate content per serving (in grams), whether the product was processed, and sale price were recorded. Total sugar content (in grams) was recorded for all sugar-sweetened beverages. Over 84 % of the products were processed, and almost 40 % had at least one carbohydrate choice (15 g) per food serving. Only 16.5 % of the products were fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables, and 1.4 % had fiber content of 5 or more grams per serving. Requiring the purchase of multiples of unhealthy products to receive the sale price was also noted. Almost three-quarters of the sugar-sweetened beverages were advertised with promotional sales compared to over half of the fresh fruits and only one-third of fresh vegetables. We identified no other studies that address nutritional content of foods found in grocery store circulars. More research is necessary to determine if purchasing nutritious products at grocery stores in low-income neighborhoods is influenced by sale prices.
随着糖尿病和肥胖症在纽约市最贫困社区的发病率上升，为帮助低收入居民花钱购买营养食品而做出的努力也有所增加。本研究旨在评估 Bronx 地区的杂货店通过每周的商品宣传册销售营养食品的程度。在两个月的时间里，我们分析了 15 家 Bronx 地区杂货店的在线宣传册首页上的 2311 种食品和饮料产品。对于每本宣传册，我们记录了淀粉类和非淀粉类水果和蔬菜的数量；对于每种产品，记录了每份的总纤维和碳水化合物含量（以克为单位）、产品是否经过加工以及销售价格。所有含糖饮料均记录总糖含量（以克为单位）。超过 84%的产品是经过加工的，近 40%的产品每份至少有一种碳水化合物选择（15 克）。只有 16.5%的产品是新鲜水果和绿叶蔬菜，只有 1.4%的产品每份的纤维含量为 5 克或更多。还注意到，需要购买多种不健康产品才能获得销售价格。与超过一半的新鲜水果和只有三分之一的新鲜蔬菜相比，近四分之三的含糖饮料都有促销销售广告。我们没有发现其他研究涉及杂货店商品宣传册中食品的营养成分。需要进一步研究以确定在低收入社区的杂货店购买营养产品是否会受到销售价格的影响。
