Retail grocery store marketing strategies and obesity: an integrative review.

Context: In-store food marketing can influence food-purchasing behaviors and warrants increased attention given the dramatic rise in obesity. Descriptive and experimental studies of key marketing components have been conducted by consumer scientists, marketing researchers, and public health experts. This review synthesizes research and publications from industry and academic sources and provides direction for developing and evaluating promising interventions.

Racial disparities in stage-specific colorectal cancer mortality: 1960-2005.

Objectives: We examined whether racial disparities in stage-specific colorectal cancer survival changed between 1960 and 2005.

Methods: We used US Mortality Multiple-Cause-of-Death Data Files and intercensal estimates to calculate standardized mortality rates by gender and race from 1960 to 2005. We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data to estimate stage-specific colorectal cancer survival.