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Moving Beyond “Food Deserts”: Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet Quality

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  • Jason P Block
  • S V Subramanian

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Jason Block and S. V. Subramanian explore avenues for improving the health of Americans through reducing dietary inequalities and look at whether concern over "food deserts" has been taken too far.

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  • Jason P Block & S V Subramanian, 2015. "Moving Beyond “Food Deserts”: Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet Quality," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(12), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1001914
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001914
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    1. Chishinga Callender & Denisse Velazquez & Meheret Adera & Jayna M. Dave & Norma Olvera & Tzuan A. Chen & Shana Alford & Debbe Thompson, 2021. "Perspectives of Black and Hispanic Children Living in Under-Resourced Communities on Meal Preparation and Grocery Shopping Behaviors: Implications for Nutrition Education," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-10, November.
    2. Yuyao Huang & Alison Tovar & John Taylor & Maya Vadiveloo, 2019. "Staple Food Item Availability among Small Retailers in Providence, RI," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-23, March.
    3. Bailey Houghtaling & Matthew Greene & Kaustubh V. Parab & Chelsea R. Singleton, 2022. "Improving Fruit and Vegetable Accessibility, Purchasing, and Consumption to Advance Nutrition Security and Health Equity in the United States," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-12, September.
    4. Benjamin Tolchin & Carol Oladele & Deron Galusha & Nitu Kashyap & Mary Showstark & Jennifer Bonito & Michelle C Salazar & Jennifer L Herbst & Steve Martino & Nancy Kim & Katherine A Nash & Max Jordan , 2021. "Racial disparities in the SOFA score among patients hospitalized with COVID-19," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(9), pages 1-17, September.
    5. Kristen Cooksey Stowers & Qianxia Jiang & Abiodun T. Atoloye & Sean Lucan & Kim Gans, 2020. "Racial Differences in Perceived Food Swamp and Food Desert Exposure and Disparities in Self-Reported Dietary Habits," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-14, September.

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