Mapping Food Deserts in the U.S

Some low-income communities in the US lack stores that sell healthy and affordable food. The lack of store access in these communities -- sometimes called food deserts -- may contribute to poor diet, obesity, and other diet-related The US Departments of Agriculture, Treasury, and Health and Human Se...

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Published inAmber waves Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 46
Main Authors Ploeg, Michele Ver, Nulph, David, Williams, Ryan
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Superintendent of Documents 01.12.2011
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Food deserts
Food supply
Low income groups
Mapping
Projects
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Summary:Some low-income communities in the US lack stores that sell healthy and affordable food. The lack of store access in these communities -- sometimes called food deserts -- may contribute to poor diet, obesity, and other diet-related The US Departments of Agriculture, Treasury, and Health and Human Services are bringing together resources and expertise to support sustainable projects and strategies to eliminate food deserts. ERS analysts developed the Food Desert Locator -- a mapping tool that presents a spatial overview of where food deserts are located and provides selected characteristics of the populations that live in them. Low-income census tracts with a substantial number or share of residents with low levels of access to retail outlets selling healthy and affordable foods are defined as food deserts.
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ISSN:1545-8741
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