A University of Michigan study, in partnership with University of Alabama-Birmingham, suggests people living in lower-income neighborhoods and in areas without local food stores eat more snacks and sweets than those in higher-income areas and in neighborhoods with many food stores. How does the rate of snack and other unhealthy food consumption vary across low-high income neighborhoods? Read on to uncover the findings from Ian-Marshall Lang, a researcher at U-M’s School of Kinesiology, and his team.
