Dr. A. Rivera
Associate Professor, Public Health
2h · 🌐
Two years. 1,200 Chicago teenagers. One question: does living near a grocery store show up in a kid’s blood pressure?
It does — and the gap was bigger than we expected.
What this study can’t tell you: whether access caused the difference. It’s observational. A store opening tomorrow is not a prescription.
#PublicHealth #HealthEquity #FoodAccess
Mean systolic blood pressure
By neighborhood grocery-store density
n = 1,200 · adjusted for BMI, physical activity and household income · observational, not causal






