Increasingly, studies are focusing on the role the local food environment plays in residents'
ability to purchase affordable, healthy and nutritious foods. In a food desert, an area devoid …

The food desert concept is used as a means for defining regions as having inadequate
spatial and socioeconomic access to vendors selling nutritious foods. This primarily …

In this article, we discuss the most recent trends in food-retail access in low-and moderate-
income communities in the United States of America. We begin with a review of the current …

ObjectiveTo provide a richer understanding of food access and purchasing practices among
US urban food desert residents and their association with diet and BMI. DesignData on food …

Abstract The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the US Department of
Agriculture to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of areas with limited access to …

This paper investigated the role of grocery store prices in structuring food access for low-
income households in Portland, Oregon. We conducted a detailed healthful foods market …

BACKGROUND: Poor dietary patterns and obesity, established risk factors for chronic
disease, have been linked to neighborhood deprivation, neighborhood minority …

Policymakers have dedicated increasing attention to whether Americans have access to
healthful food. As a result, various methods for measuring food store access at the national …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate how low-income rural residents living in food deserts access the
normal food system and food safety net services within their communities, and explore how …

Differential access to healthy foods has been hypothesized to contribute to disparities in
eating behaviors and health outcomes. While food deserts have been researched …