Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food-Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences: Report to Congress

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英文名称：

Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food-Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences: Report to Congress

作者：

Michele Ver Ploeg; Vince Breneman; Tracey Farrigan; Karen Hamrick; David Hopkins; Phillip Kaufman; Biing-Hwan Lin; Mark Nord; Travis A. Smith; Ryan Williams; Kelly Kinnison; Carol Ol; er; Anita Singh; Elizabeth Tuckermanty

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42729

关键词：

Food deserts;  food access;  supermarkets;  grocery stores;  food prices;  low-income communities;  rural areas;  urban areas;  small towns;  transportation;  obesity;  diet;  poverty;  policy options; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

160 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

This report fills a request for a study of food deserts-areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food-from the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The report summarizes findings of a national-level assessment of the extent and characteristics of food deserts, analysis of the consequences of food deserts, lessons learned from related Federal programs, and a discussion of policy options for alleviating the effects of food deserts. Overall, findings show that a small percentage of consumers are constrained in their ability to access affordable nutritious food because they live far from a supermarket or large grocery store and do not have easy access to transportation.