Disparities and access to healthy food in the United States: A review of food deserts literature

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dc.contributor.authorWalker, Renee E.
dc.contributor.authorKeane, Christopher R.
dc.contributor.authorBurke, Jessica G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:04:16Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIncreasingly, 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 of a supermarket, access to healthy food is limited. We conducted a systematic review of studies that focused on food access and food desert research in the United States. The 31 studies identified utilized 9 measures to assess food access. Results from these studies can be summarized primarily into four major statements. Findings from other countries offer insight into ways, in which future research, policy development and program implementation in the U.S. may continue to be explored.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.013
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/skkc-88kk
dc.identifier.citationWalker, Renee E. and Keane, Christopher R. and Burke, Jessica G. (2010) Disparities and access to healthy food in the United States: A review of food deserts literature. Health & Place, 16 (5). pp. 876-884.
dc.identifier.issn13538292
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 3044
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23663
dc.subjectAccess To Healthy Foods
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectFood desert
dc.subjectFood access
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectSocioeconomic status
dc.subjectRace/ethnicity
dc.titleDisparities and access to healthy food in the United States: A review of food deserts literature
dc.typeArticle

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