The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts:

Workshop Summary

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Publication Year:2009

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Paula Tarnapol Whitacre, Peggy Tsai, and Janet Mulligan, Rapporteurs; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-4	(skim)
1 Introduction	5-10	(skim)
2 Determining the Extent of Food Deserts	11-26	(skim)
3 Studying Food Deserts Through Different Lenses	27-36	(skim)
4 Diet and Health Evidence to Support Improved Food Access	37-44	(skim)
5 Ameliorating Food Desert Conditions	45-66	(skim)
6 Research Gaps and Needs	67-74	(skim)
References	75-78	(skim)
Appendix A: Planning Committee Biographies	79-82	(skim)
Appendix B: Workshop Agenda	83-88	(skim)
Appendix C: Speaker and Moderator Biographies	89-96	(skim)
Appendix D: Workshop Participants	97-100	(skim)

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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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