Methods We conducted a systematic review of primary, quantitative, observational studies,
published in English or French, that used geographic or market-basket approaches in high�…

In this article, we discuss the most recent trends in food-retail access in low-and moderate-
income communities in the United States of America. We begin with a review of the current�…

The food desert concept is used as a means for defining regions as having inadequate
spatial and socioeconomic access to vendors selling nutritious foods. This primarily�…

Increasingly, studies are focusing on the role the local food environment plays in residents'
ability to purchase affordable, healthy and nutritious foods. In a food desert, an area devoid�…

Recent literature identifies disadvantaged neighborhoods lacking access to healthy food as
“food deserts” where limited food choices may affect health and socioeconomic outcomes�…

The theory of food deserts is that poor people eat poor diets in part because fresh, healthy
food is not accessible in areas where they tend to live. We review evidence from a number of�…

Considerable policy and academic attention has been focused on the topic of food deserts.
We consider this topic from an economic perspective. First, we consider how the�…

Food is essential to life—yet the spatial and economic configuration of the conventional food
system does not meet nutritional needs and exacerbates issues of food insecurity. Relevant�…

If poor food retail access in deprived areas of British cities is linked, as suggested in many of
the policy debates of the late 1990s, via compromised diets/undernutrition to poor health�…

BACKGROUND: Low-income, urban populations' limited access to healthy foods is often
pointed to as a key barrier to improving nutrition. Although much has been written on�…