http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/08/are-african-americans-targeted-for-obesity-by-marketers/ Diet Column - bringing you all the best diet news and opinions Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:57:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/08/are-african-americans-targeted-for-obesity-by-marketers/comment-page-1/#comment-3501 Leah Peah Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:44:27 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/08/are-african-americans-targeted-for-obesity-by-marketers/#comment-3501 This is so true. In a neighborhood in my community they recently closed a grocery store that had been there for 50 years. It is in a predominantly black, lower income neighborhood. In its place now stand a bakery cafe, a Papa Murphys PIzza and a Burger King. Race aside, this goes on in a lot of lower income neighborhoods; where people don't have cars and must depend on businesses within walking distance. When the only choices are pizza and burgers- the effects are pretty self explanatory. This is so true. In a neighborhood in my community they recently closed a grocery store that had been there for 50 years. It is in a predominantly black, lower income neighborhood. In its place now stand a bakery cafe, a Papa Murphys PIzza and a Burger King. Race aside, this goes on in a lot of lower income neighborhoods; where people don’t have cars and must depend on businesses within walking distance. When the only choices are pizza and burgers- the effects are pretty self explanatory.

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