scholarly journals Characterising urban immigrants’ interactions with the food retail environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Stella S Yi ◽  
Rienna G Russo ◽  
Bian Liu ◽  
Susan Kum ◽  
Pasquale Rummo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Food Retail Environment

Abstract Objective: The food retail environment is an important determinant of food access and the ability to achieve a healthy diet. However, immigrant communities may procure their food in different ways than the mainstream population owing to preferences for specific cultural products or limited English language proficiency. The objective of this analysis was to describe the grocery shopping patterns and behaviours of one of the largest immigrant groups in New York City, Chinese Americans – a group experiencing high poverty and cardio-metabolic disparities. Design: Cross-sectional survey data. Setting: Community-based sample. Participants: Self-identified Chinese Americans in the New York metropolitan area (n 239). Results: Three shopping patterns were identified: type 1: shopped weekly at an ethnic grocery store – and nowhere else; type 2: shopped weekly at a non-ethnic grocery store, with occasional shopping at an ethnic store and type 3: did not perform weekly shopping. Type 1 v. type 2 shoppers tended to have lower education levels (37·5 v. 78·0 % with college degree); to be on public insurance (57·6 v. 22·8 %); speak English less well (18·4 v. 41·4 %); be food insecure (47·2 v. 24·2 %; P < 0·01 for all) and to travel nearly two miles further to shop at their primary grocery store (β = −1·55; 95 % CI −2·81, −0·30). Discussion: There are distinct grocery shopping patterns amongst urban-dwelling Chinese Americans corresponding to demographic and sociocultural factors that may help inform health interventions in this understudied group. Similar patterns may exist among other immigrant groups, lending preliminary support for an alternative conceptualisation of how immigrant communities interact with the food retail environment.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Leads to Dramatic Changes in the Food Retail Environment in New York City: May–July 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella S. Yi ◽  
Shahmir H. Ali ◽  
Rienna G. Russo ◽  
Victoria Foster ◽  
Ashley Radee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Food Retail Environment

scholarly journals Impacts of fast food and the food retail environment on overweight and obesity in China: a multilevel latent class cluster approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyong Zhang ◽  
Ivo van der Lans ◽  
Hans Dagevos
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Dietary Knowledge ◽  
Food Retail Environment ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveTo simultaneously identify consumer segments based on individual-level consumption and community-level food retail environment data and to investigate whether the segments are associated with BMI and dietary knowledge in China.DesignA multilevel latent class cluster model was applied to identify consumer segments based not only on their individual preferences for fast food, salty snack foods, and soft drinks and sugared fruit drinks, but also on the food retail environment at the community level.SettingThe data came from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) conducted in 2006 and two questionnaires for adults and communities were used.SubjectsA total sample of 9788 adults living in 218 communities participated in the CHNS.ResultsWe successfully identified four consumer segments. These four segments were embedded in two types of food retail environment: the saturated food retail environment and the deprived food retail environment. A three-factor solution was found for consumers’ dietary knowledge. The four consumer segments were highly associated with consumers’ dietary knowledge and a number of sociodemographic variables.ConclusionsThe widespread discussion about the relationships between fast-food consumption and overweight/obesity is irrelevant for Chinese segments that do not have access to fast food. Factors that are most associated with segments with a higher BMI are consumers’ (incorrect) dietary knowledge, the food retail environment and sociodemographics. The results provide valuable insight for policy interventions on reducing overweight/obesity in China. This study also indicates that despite the breathtaking changes in modern China, the impact of ‘obesogenic’ environments should not be assessed too strictly from a ‘Western’ perspective.

Developing Interventions to Reduce Consumption of Unhealthy Fat in the Food Retail Environment: A Case Study of India

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shauna M. Downs ◽  
Anne Marie Thow ◽  
Suparna Ghosh-Jerath ◽  
Stephen R. Leeder
Keyword(s):  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Food Retail Environment

scholarly journals Categorization, Fast and Slow

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-212
Author(s):  
Василь Старко
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
New York ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Psychological Review ◽  
Process Theories ◽  
Dual Process Theories

The title of this study is inspired by Daniel Kahneman’s best-selling book Thinking, Fast and Slow. In it, the Nobel Prize winner explains in great detail the working of two systems of human reasoning: System 1, which is fast, automatic, associative, subconscious, involuntary and (nearly) effortless, and System 2, which is slow, intentional, logical, conscious, effortful and requires executive control, attention, and concentration. This distinction applies to human categorization as well. Each of the two labels refers, in fact, to a set of systems, which is why the designations Type 1 and Type 2 processes are preferable. The default-interventionist architecture presupposes the constant automatic activation of categories by Type 1 processes and interventions of Type 2 processes if necessary. Type 1 categorization relies on the ‘shallow’ linguistic representation of the world, while Type 2 uses ‘deep’ extralinguistic knowledge. A series of linguistic examples are analyzed to illustrate the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 categorization. A conclusion is drawn about the need to take this distinction into account in psycholinguistic and linguistic research on categorization. References Barrett, F., Tugade, M. M., & Engle, R. (2004). Individual differences in working memorycapacity in dual-process theories of the mind. Psychological Bulletin, 130(4), 553–573. Chaiken, S., & Trope, Y. (Eds.). (1999). Dual-process theories in social psychology. NewYork, NY: Guilford Press. Devine, P. G. (1989). Stereotypes and prejudice: Their automatic and controlledcomponents. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 5–18. Evans, J. St. B. T., & Stanovich, K. (2013) Dual-process theories of higher cognition:Advancing the debate. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(3), 223–241. Geeraerts, D. (1993). Vagueness’s puzzles, polysemy’s vagaries. Cognitive Linguistics,4(3), 223–272. Heider, Eleanor Rosch (1973). On the internal structure of perceptual and semanticcategories. In: Cognitive Development and the Acquisition of Language, (pp. 111–144).T. E. Moore, (ed.). New York: Academic Press Kahneman, D. (2003). A perspective on judgement and choice. American Psychologist, 58,697–720. Kahneman, D. (2015). Thinking, Fast and Slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Kahneman, D., & Frederick, S. (2002). Representativeness revisited: Attribute substitutionin intuitive judgement. In: Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment,(pp. 49–81). T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, & D. Kahneman, (eds.). Cambridge, MA: CambridgeUniversity Press. Lakoff, G. (1973). Hedges: A study in meaning criteria and the logic of fuzzy concepts.Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2, 458–508. Lakoff, G. (1987). Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things. Chicago, London: University ofChicago Press. Reber, A. S. (1993). Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge. Oxford, England: OxfordUniversity Press. Stanovich, K. E. (1999). Who is Rational? Studies of Individual Differences in Reasoning.Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Stanovich, K. E., & West, R F. (2000). Individual difference in reasoning: implications forthe rationality debate? Behavioural and Brain Sciences, 23, 645–726. Старко В. Категоризаційні кваліфікатори// Проблеми зіставної семантики. 2013,№ 11. С. 132–138.Starko, V. (2013). Katehoryzatsiini kvalifikatory. Problemy Zistavnoyi Semantyky, 11,132–138. Sun, R., Slusarz, P., & Terry, C. (2005). The interaction of the explicit and the implicit inskill learning: A dual-process approach. Psychological Review, 112, 159–192. Teasdale, J. D. (1999). Multi-level theories of cognition–emotion relations. In: Handbookof Cognition and Emotion, (pp. 665–681). T. Dalgleish & M. J. Power, (eds.). Chichester,England: Wiley. Wason, P. C., & Evans, J. St. B. T. (1975). Dual processes in reasoning? Cognition, 3,141–154. Whorf, B. L. (1956). The relation of habitual thought and behavior to language. In:Language, Thought, and Reality. Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf, (pp. 134–159). Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press. (originally published in 1941) Wierzbicka, A. (1996). Semantic Primes and Universals. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress.

scholarly journals Convenience stores and well-being of young Japanese consumers

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 590-604
Author(s):  
David Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
Food Retail Environment ◽  
Retail Format ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at perceptions of young Japanese consumers towards the convenience store, or konbini, with a view to understanding what attracts them to this retail format and exploring well-being in a new way that is more relevant the retail experience. Design/methodology/approach The study looks at the emergence of the konbini as part of the Japanese food retail environment and reports on an online survey (n=453) of young Japanese consumer’s (>18 years old) attitudes towards this retail format. Findings The preliminary analysis of the data finds the konbini is a popular choice for young consumers for specific types of everyday goods. The main appeal lies in the ease of access, location of the stores and the ambience of the space that appeal to young consumer’s sense of well-being. Research limitations/implications This is a purposeful sample of young Japanese consumers surveyed across several academic institutions. Practical implications Konbini must continue to innovate to attract young consumer while acknowledging the implications of their stocking policy on consumer well-being. Originality/value This offers a unique insight into the ways in which young Japanese consumers avail themselves of the food retail provision and provides a broader perspective on well-being in a retail environment that resonates with consumer practice.

The food retail environment and its use in a deprived, urban area of Scotland

Public Health ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Sauveplane-Stirling ◽  
D. Crichton ◽  
S. Tessier ◽  
A. Parrett ◽  
A.L. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Urban Area ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Retail Environment ◽  
Food Retail Environment

scholarly journals The immune status of a population at the termination of a severe epidemic of poliomyelitis

1957 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. A. Evans ◽  
Velma C. Chambers ◽  
W. R. Giedt ◽  
A. N. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
General Population ◽  
Neutralizing Antibodies ◽  
Immune Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Published Data ◽  
School Age ◽  
Type 3

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSIn October, November and early December 1952, an epidemic of poliomyelitis, with an attack rate exceeding 1 %, occurred in Ketchikan, Alaska, a community of approximately 6000 persons. Approximately half of the cases were paralytic.Type 1 virus was regarded as the principal cause of the epidemic because Type 1 virus was isolated from one patient, and sera from eleven of twelve paralytic patients tested were positive for neutralizing antibodies to Type 1 virus. Three patients had antibodies to Type 2 virus and eight to Type 3.Serological tests were made to determine the immune status of the general population at the time the epidemic terminated. Approximately one-third of twenty-five children from 6 months to 4 years of age had antibodies to Type 1 virus. Of the 105 children aged 5 to 9 years, approximately three-quarters were positive for antibodies to this virus. All but two of the twenty-six persons more than 9 years of age who were tested were similarly positive.Spread of Type 2 and Type 3 viruses was more limited in Ketchikan than spread of Type 1 virus. Serological evidence is presented to show that Type 3 poliomyelitis virus was present in Ketchikan some time within the 3-year-period prior to the collection of serum in December 1952. Since the proportion of children showing antibodies to Type 3 virus did not increase with age from 3 to 9 years, it is surmised that virus of this type was not prevalent for a number of years prior to its last occurrence. It is further concluded that spread of Type 3 virus must have terminated when 40 % or less of the children of pre-school age and early school age had been infected and developed antibodies.Type 2 virus apparently had not been prevalent for several years prior to December 1952. Only one of twenty-one specimens of serum from children under age 5 showed definite evidence of neutralizing antibodies and this child had resided elsewhere during the first 3 months of its life. The proportion of positive results in all ages to 9 years inclusive was well below that obtained in tests with Type 1 virus.From a review of published data concerning the age distribution of cases in the 1916 epidemic in New York, it is concluded that termination of the spread of Type 1 virus in Ketchikan occurred when the proportion of susceptibles in the general population was comparable to that in New York in each of several non-epidemic years preceding 1916. It is further evident that spread of Type 2 virus in Baltimore during a period of low prevalence of poliomyelitic disease was comparable to that of Type 1 virus in Ketchikan in 1952, in that the proportion of susceptibles in the population at the end of the period of spread of virus was similar.Serological studies of residents of Metlakatla, an Indian community near Ketchikan, showed evidence of essentially uniform infection with Type 1 virus, a very high incidence of antibodies to Type 3 virus, and a much lower incidence of antibodies to Type 2 virus.The epidemiological aspects of poliomyelitis in Ketchikan cannot be reasonably attributed to susceptibility resulting from isolation of the community, since travel to and from Ketchikan was considerable and a relatively large proportion of persons with paralytic disease were adults who had travelled extensively, and resided for periods of years in various parts of the United States. It is noted that the municipal water supply showed frequent evidence of faecal pollution.The willing co-operation and valuable assistance of the following persons is gratefully acknowledged: Mr Alfred Baker, Mrs Dixie M. Baade, Miss Geneva Hubbard and Miss Lorraine Singer of the Ketchikan office of the Alaska Territorial Health Department; and Dr C. Earl Albrecht, Director and Dr Charles R. Hayman, Chief of Section of Preventive Medical Services, of the Alaska Territorial Department of Health.The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis financed the initial visits to Ketchikan. Testing of specimens was accomplished through the support of the University of Washington Fund for Biological and Medical Research and the Office of Naval Research.

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