Singleton Chelsea R, Adeyemi Oluwafikayo S, Parab Kaustubh V, Roehll Alexandra M, Flores Edson, Adams Ashley M, Quintiliani Lisa M, Bell Brooke M, Dulin-Keita Akilah
Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jun 17;11(6):1283-1285. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa111.
Individuals and families with limited access to healthy foods often experience increased risk for poor diet and chronic disease. Low-income communities are more likely to have a large number of small food stores (e.g., corner stores and dollar stores) compared to higher-income communities. Since many of these small food stores participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), increasing healthy food offerings in these stores may expand healthy food retail in low-income communities. We recommend the provision of funding for incentive programs that encourage SNAP-authorized small food stores in low-income communities to expand their healthy food offerings. This programming should (a) provide seed grants to store owners to develop or reconfigure store infrastructure, (b) offer store owners technical assistance and educational materials on marketing strategies for promoting healthy food items to customers, and (c) give a tax break to SNAP-authorized small food stores in low-income communities that maintain a predetermined minimum stock of U.S. Department of Agriculture-recognized staple foods.
获得健康食品机会有限的个人和家庭往往面临饮食不良和患慢性病风险增加的问题。与高收入社区相比，低收入社区更有可能有大量小型食品店（如街角商店和一元店）。由于这些小型食品店中有许多参与了补充营养援助计划（SNAP），增加这些商店的健康食品供应可能会扩大低收入社区的健康食品零售。我们建议为激励计划提供资金，鼓励低收入社区中获得SNAP授权的小型食品店扩大其健康食品供应。该计划应：（a）向店主提供种子资金，以开发或重新配置商店基础设施；（b）为店主提供技术援助和关于向顾客推广健康食品的营销策略的教育材料；（c）对低收入社区中获得SNAP授权且维持美国农业部认可主食预定最低库存的小型食品店给予税收减免。
