Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food-Measuring and Understanding Food Deserts and Their Consequences: Report to Congress

Michele Ver Ploeg ; Vince Breneman ; Tracey Farrigan ; Karen Hamrick , David Hopkins , Phillip Kaufman , Biing-Hwan Lin ; Mark Nord , Travis A. Smith , Ryan Williams ; Kelly Kinnison , Carol Olander , Anita Singh , and Elizabeth Tuckermanty

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Food deserts;    food access;    supermarkets;    grocery stores;    food prices;    low-income communities;    rural areas;    urban areas;    small towns;    transportation;    obesity;    diet;    poverty;    policy options;   

RP-ID  :  AP-036

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

This report fills a request for a study of food deserts-areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food-from the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The report summarizes findings of a national-level assessment of the extent and characteristics of food deserts, analysis of the consequences of food deserts, lessons learned from related Federal programs, and a discussion of policy options for alleviating the effects of food deserts. Overall, findings show that a small percentage of consumers are constrained in their ability to access affordable nutritious food because they live far from a supermarket or large grocery store and do not have easy access to transportation.