Dietetics & nutrition
The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
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by Paula Tarnapol Whitacre, Peggy Tsai, and Janet Mulligan, Rapporteurs; National Research Council
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In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets. Instead, those living in "food deserts" must rely on convenience stores and small neighborhood stores that offer few, if any, healthy food choices, such as fruits and vegetables. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) convened a two-day workshop on January 26-27, 2009, to provide input into a Congressionally-mandated food deserts study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. The workshop, summarized in this volume, provided a forum in which to discuss the public health effects of food deserts.
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date June 2009
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309137287
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 30 USD
- Pages114
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions9 x 6 inches
- Biblio Notes2009
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