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HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 876-884Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.013
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Food desert; Food access; United States; Socioeconomic status; Race/ethnicity
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Increasingly, 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 US may continue to be explored. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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