Measuring food deserts in New York City's low-income neighborhoods
C Gordon, M Purciel-Hill, NR Ghai, L Kaufman…�- Health & place, 2011 - Elsevier
… household income had a significantly higher proportion of “most healthy” bodegas, more
supermarkets, and higher food desert index scores compared with the lowest income block …
supermarkets, and higher food desert index scores compared with the lowest income block …
Fruit and vegetable access in four low-income food deserts communities in Minnesota
D Hendrickson, C Smith, N Eikenberry�- Agriculture and Human Values, 2006 - Springer
… affordable price range for low-income urban residents. Our results show that the lowest
income households pay more for the food they purchase than higher income households. This is …
income households pay more for the food they purchase than higher income households. This is …
Rural food deserts: low-income perspectives on food access in Minnesota and Iowa
… authors asked low-income residents living in 4 rural communities designated as food deserts
(… The authors investigated: (a) how living in a place with limited food choices, a food desert, …
(… The authors investigated: (a) how living in a place with limited food choices, a food desert, …
Are poor neighborhoods “retail deserts”?
… and retail employment density, we also explicitly look at how establishment size varies by
income, to assess whether retail markets in low income neighborhoods exhibit a different …
income, to assess whether retail markets in low income neighborhoods exhibit a different …
Developing a mobile produce distribution system for low-income urban residents in food deserts
… Low-income households in the contemporary city often lack adequate access to healthy …
This research seeks to increase low-income residents’ access to healthy foods by addressing …
This research seeks to increase low-income residents’ access to healthy foods by addressing …
How to identify food deserts: measuring physical and economic access to supermarkets in King County, Washington
… We examined 5 groups of low-income populations to test the effect of different measures of
low income on the definition of food deserts. We summed population counts for block groups …
low income on the definition of food deserts. We summed population counts for block groups …
Determinants of food deserts
PA Alviola, RM Nayga, MR Thomsen, Z Wang�- American Journal of�…, 2013 - JSTOR
… Among definition, we define food desert block group Wal-Mart establishments, we classified
only the as those that are both low income and hav supercenter and neighborhood market …
only the as those that are both low income and hav supercenter and neighborhood market …
[HTML][HTML] Peer reviewed: A systematic review of food deserts, 1966-2007
J Beaulac, E Kristjansson…�- Preventing chronic disease, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… This review suggests that food deserts … low incomes cite the high cost of healthy foods as
a barrier to eating healthily (45,70). Lower fruit and vegetable prices are associated with lower …
a barrier to eating healthily (45,70). Lower fruit and vegetable prices are associated with lower …
Association between living in food deserts and cardiovascular risk
… Herein, we examined the association between living in areas of either low income or low
access to healthy food, or both (FD) and the burden of cardiovascular risk factors, inflammation, …
access to healthy food, or both (FD) and the burden of cardiovascular risk factors, inflammation, …
Characteristics and influential factors of food deserts
P Dutko, M Ver Ploeg, T Farrigan - 2012 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
… associated with combined low income and low access, using … in explaining whether a
low-income tract is a food desert. … of food deserts and how the designation of some low-income …
low-income tract is a food desert. … of food deserts and how the designation of some low-income …