Substantial evidence now exists that the food environment is associated with health. 1–3
This makes healthy food environments in urban settings a priority nationally and globally …

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

Improving access to nutritious foods is critically important in the fight against obesity [1]. The
“food desert” metaphor has been used to characterize geographic areas associated with low …

Abstract The United States Census Bureau and Measure of America's human development
research provide data associating the geographic locations of people living in the United …

Aims The aims of this paper are (1) to assess if perceptions of the food environment are
associated with select dietary intake by neighborhood, and (2) to map neighborhood …

Neighborhood environments have received considerable attention in recent local, state, and
national obesity prevention initiatives, with a particular focus on food deserts, or areas with …

One particular aspect of the environment that has generated great interest has been the link
between access and exposure to food establishments and health, specifically diet quality …

BACKGROUND: Low-income, urban populations' limited access to healthy foods is often
pointed to as a key barrier to improving nutrition. Although much has been written on …

Research suggests that residents who have better access to supermarkets and other fresh
food retailers tend to have healthier diets and lower levels of obesity. However, for decades …

Introduction. This review examined associations between the neighborhood food
environment and health outcomes in populations with the highest obesity rates in the United …