Measuring the Food Environment: A Systematic Technique for Characterizing Food Stores Using Display Counts

Table 2

Mean number of displays within 1 m of a cash register, by food group and store type, New Orleans, 2007-2008.

Store type		All fruits and vegetables		All energy-dense snack foods
	𝑁	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Supermarkets	8	0.0	0.0	19.9	17.0
Midsized stores	8	1.0	2.1	5.9	3.9
Small stores	63	0.3	0.5	2.8	2.8
Convenience stores	69	0.2	0.5	2.5	1.9
Drug stores	16	0.2	0.4	5.5	3.1
General merchandise stores	8	0.0	0.0	4.9	2.2