Urban Food Deserts
Battersby J Crush J. 0 featured_button_text Missouri. Food Matters Urban Food Deserts James Beard Foundation Food Deserts in America Infographic Thursday May 10 2018 According to the American Nutrition Association food deserts are geographical areas that lack sufficient supply of fresh vegetables fruits and healthful affordable whole foods. Urban food deserts . From food production to consumption the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future CLF is looking for sustainable alternatives to improve public health and the health of the environment says Amanda Behrens MPH MS senior program officer at the CLF. Because multiple policy initiatives eg Healthy Food Financing are under way to increase access to healthy affordable foods in food deserts10 33 it is critical to assess whether this approach is likely to address the obesity epidemic34 35 Drawing on baseline data from the Pittsburgh HillHomewood Research on Eating Shopping and Health PHRESH study distance to store and. Haz tu selecci...