Addressing the Critical Need for Timely Solutions for Improved Food Access and Food Security

Experiencing food insecurity is linked to myriad poor health outcomes and comes with a $77 billion price tag in annual medical care costs.1 In the United States, 10.5% of people experienced food insecurity.2The Twin Cities Mobile Market of The Food Group3 is working to turn the needle on health disp...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 112; no. S3; pp. S269 - S270
Main Author Horning, Melissa L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.06.2022
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Access
Baskets
Carts
Cities
Community
Coolers
Customer services
Food
Food Security
Food service
Food Supply
Grocery stores
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health services
Humans
Markets
Nursing
Nursing schools
Nutrition research
Opinions, Ideas, & Practice
Public health
Seats
Shelving
Supermarkets
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Summary:Experiencing food insecurity is linked to myriad poor health outcomes and comes with a $77 billion price tag in annual medical care costs.1 In the United States, 10.5% of people experienced food insecurity.2The Twin Cities Mobile Market of The Food Group3 is working to turn the needle on health disparities and improve equity. The Twin Cities Mobile Market is a grocery store on wheels, a city bus converted into a grocery store. As you step inside, there are shopping carts and baskets. The seats have been removed and replaced with shelving and coolers for healthy foods from across the food groups-a one-stop-shop-a full-service single aisle grocery store.The Twin Cities Mobile Market goes to the doorsteps of communities that experience lower access to grocery stores and places where food affordability is more challenging. The mobile market staff hear stories from customers that suggest the mobile market is having a positive inf I uence in the community. Community members are concerned about food-how to access it, afford it, buy it, cook it, and eat healthy foods.In Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, public health nursing researchers at the University of Minnesota are partnering with the Twin Cities Mobile Market to study the impact of the full-service mobile market.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2022.306920