Journal
HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 30, Issue -, Pages 1-3Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.011
Keywords
Food deserts; Food accessibility; Spatio-temporal analysis; Space-time accessibility; Health geography
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- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1203612] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The food desert concept is used as a means for defining regions as having inadequate spatial and socioeconomic access to vendors selling nutritious foods. This primarily aggregate-level and static method for understanding the food environment is commonly used by researchers and policy makers seeking to improve health outcomes of those affected by reduced access. However, recent research findings have brought the association between living in a food desert and adverse health outcomes into question. In this viewpoint, we put forward the idea that the food desert concept, and food accessibility research more generally, should be expanded to include a temporal component, and note potential avenues for future research. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved,
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