In some parts of the Bronx, there are more than 35 bodegas for every supermarket, according to the Food Policy Center.
. Across the five boroughs, 10 neighborhoods have more than 25 bodegas to every supermarket, and almost 20 neighborhoods have upwards of 15 bodegas to every supermarket. Most of the corner stores are the best option for working families. They keep high sugar foods like candy and chips prominently displayed.
"Food deserts" are places where at least one-third of the population is more than half a mile from the nearest supermarket. In Buffalo, the Tops supermarket filled that gap until the attack last month. It has been closed since. "We did a study at our institute, looking at the prevalence of street level, unhealthy food marketing, the billboards and signs, and we found that the ratio of unhealthy food to healthy food was twice as high in the South Bronx and Harlem," Freudenberg said.
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