Placing full-service supermarkets in food deserts—areas with limited access to healthy food—
has been promoted as a way to reduce inequalities in access to healthy food, improve diet …

Improving access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods is a national priority. Our
study evaluated the impact of opening a supermarket in a 'food desert'on healthy food …

National and local policies to improve diet in low-income US populations include increasing
physical access to grocery stores and supermarkets in underserved neighborhoods. In a …

Purpose To estimate the impacts of a new supermarket in a low-income desert, on residents'
economic status and health. Methods We surveyed a randomly selected cohort in two low …

Background Lack of access to healthy foods may explain why residents of low-income
neighborhoods and African Americans in the US have high rates of obesity. The findings on …

A growing body of evidence has highlighted an association between a lack of access to
nutritious, affordable food (eg, through full-service grocery stores [FSGs]), poor diet, and …

Background Food environments may promote or undermine healthy behaviors, but
questions remain regarding how individuals interact with their local food environments …

Disparities in access to healthy foods have been identified particularly in the United States.
Fewer studies have measured the effects these disparities have on diet-related health …

Environmental approaches to the obesity problem in the US have garnered favor due to
growing evidence that changes to the environment are at the root of the epidemic. Low …

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 …