4. Food Desert Realities

2021 ◽  
pp. 88-117
Keyword(s):  
Food Desert

Food Retailing in an Urban Food Desert: Strategies for Success in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Coleman ◽  
Dave D. Weatherspoon ◽  
Lorraine Weatherspoon ◽  
James F. Oehmke
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Food Retailing ◽  
Strategies For Success

scholarly journals Spreading of Food Deserts in Time and Space: The Case of the City of Nitra (Slovakia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7138
Author(s):  
Miroslava Trembošová ◽  
Imrich Jakab
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
The City

The aim of the article is to evaluate the time availability of food stores for the population permanently residing in the city of Nitra (Slovakia). Parts of the city where poor accessibility has been identified can be described as “food deserts”. In the last two decades, there have been dramatic changes in the retail network in Nitra, as well as extensive housing construction and an aging change in the demographic structure. Therefore, we evaluated the years 2008 and 2019 separately. This made it possible to evaluate the changes in time availability and the number of inhabitants located in individual zones. During the years 2008–2019, the residential zones of the city of Nitra increased by 43.86%, the area of food desert increased by up to 68.78%, and the number of inhabitants endangered by the food desert increased by 1100 residents, i.e., 23.9%. In 2008, 5.51% of Nitra’s residents lived in the food deserts, in approximately twelve years this percentage increased to 7.45% of the population (2019). The proximity to the nearest grocery was in Nitra in 2008 median 504 m, while in 2019 median 623 m. Evaluating the time availability of grocery stores and identifying so-called “food deserts” can be interesting for both the city’s residents and the business community, especially for potential developers. It can also be used effectively in the spatial planning process and in the rational management of complex territorial development, as well as in local politics. Given the character of the city of Nitra, it can be assumed that the acquired knowledge can be extrapolated to other post-socialist cities of a similar size and hierarchical level.

scholarly journals Access to healthy food retailers among formerly incarcerated individuals

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander M Testa
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Food Retailers ◽  
Environment Index

AbstractObjectiveTo assess access to healthy food retailers among formerly incarcerated individuals.DesignUsing linked data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and the Modified Retail Food Environment Index, the present study applies multivariate logistic regression to assess the association between incarceration and (i) living in a food desert and (ii) having low access to healthy food retailers. To account for unobserved heterogeneity, additional analyses are performed comparing formerly incarcerated individuals with persons arrested or convicted for a crime but not previously incarcerated.SettingSample of respondents living in urban census tracts in the USA.SubjectsAdults (n10390) aged 24–34 years.ResultsIn adjusted logistic regression models, prior incarceration was not significantly associated with living in a food desert (OR=1·097; 95% CI 0·896, 1·343). Prior incarceration significantly increased the likelihood of living in a census tract with low access to healthy food retailers (OR=1·265; 95% CI 1·069, 1·498). This significant association remained when comparing formerly incarcerated individuals with those who had been arrested or convicted of a crime, but not previously incarcerated (OR=1·246; 95% CI 1·032, 1·503).ConclusionsFormerly incarcerated individuals are more likely to live in areas with low access to healthy food retailers compared with their non-incarcerated counterparts. Because lower access healthy food retailers may be associated with worse health and dietary behaviour, disparities in local food retail environments may exacerbate health inequalities among formerly incarcerated individuals.

scholarly journals An ecological study of food desert prevalence and 4th grade academic achievement in New York State school districts

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth E. Frndak
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
New York ◽  
School District ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
New York State ◽  
Food Deserts ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Achievement Scores ◽  
York State

<p><em>Background</em>. This ecological study examines the relationship between food desert prevalence and academic achievement at the school district level. <br /><em>Design and methods.</em> Sample included 232 suburban and urban school districts in New York State. Multiple open-source databases were merged to obtain: 4th grade science, English and math scores, school district demographic composition (NYS Report Card), regional socioeconomic indicators (American Community Survey), school district quality (US Common Core of Data), and food desert data (USDA Food Desert Atlas). Multiple regression models assessed the percentage of variation in achievement scores explained by food desert variables, after controlling for additional predictors.<br /><em>Results</em>. The proportion of individuals living in food deserts significantly explained 4th grade achievement scores, after accounting for additional predictors. School districts with higher proportions of individuals living in food desert regions demonstrated lower 4th grade achievement across science, English and math. <em><br />Conclusions</em>. Food deserts appear to be related to academic achievement at the school district level among urban and suburban regions. Further research is needed to better understand how food access is associated with academic achievement at the individual level.</p>

scholarly journals Fat-soluble vitamins A and E and health disparities in a cohort of pregnant women at delivery

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corrine Hanson ◽  
Marina Verdi Schumacher ◽  
Elizabeth Lyden ◽  
Dejun Su ◽  
Jeremy Furtado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Lower Serum

AbstractThe objective of the present study was to evaluate intakes and serum levels of vitamin A, vitamin E, and related compounds in a cohort of maternal–infant pairs in the Midwestern USA in relation to measures of health disparities. Concentrations of carotenoids and tocopherols in maternal serum were measured using HPLC and measures of socio-economic status, including food security and food desert residence, were obtained in 180 mothers upon admission to a Midwestern Academic Medical Center labour and delivery unit. The Kruskal–Wallis and independent-samples t tests were used to compare measures between groups; logistic regression models were used to adjust for relevant confounders. P < 0·05 was considered statistically significant. The odds of vitamin A insufficiency/deficiency were 2·17 times higher for non-whites when compared with whites (95 % CI 1·16, 4·05; P = 0·01) after adjustment for relevant confounders. Similarly, the odds of being vitamin E deficient were 3·52 times higher for non-whites (95 % CI 1·51, 8·10; P = 0·003). Those with public health insurance had lower serum lutein concentrations compared with those with private health insurance (P = 0·05), and living in a food desert was associated with lower serum concentrations of β-carotene (P = 0·02), after adjustment for confounders. Subjects with low/marginal food security had higher serum levels of lutein and β-cryptoxanthin compared with those with high food security (P = 0·004 and 0·02 for lutein and β-cryptoxanthin). Diet quality may be a public health concern in economically disadvantaged populations of industrialised societies leading to nutritional disadvantages as well.

scholarly journals Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 2608-2616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine A Vaughan ◽  
Deborah A Cohen ◽  
Madhumita Ghosh-Dastidar ◽  
Gerald P Hunter ◽  
Tamara Dubowitz
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Food Desert ◽  
Healthy Foods ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Convenience Stores ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Predominantly Female ◽  
Access To Healthy Foods

Abstract Objective To examine where residents in an area with limited access to healthy foods (an urban food desert) purchased healthier and less healthy foods. Design Food shopping receipts were collected over a one-week period in 2013. These were analysed to describe where residents shopped for food and what types of food they bought. Setting Two low-income, predominantly African-American neighbourhoods with limited access to healthy foods in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Subjects Two hundred and ninety-three households in which the primary food shoppers were predominantly female (77·8 %) and non-Hispanic black (91·1 %) adults. Results Full-service supermarkets were by far the most common food retail outlet from which food receipts were returned and accounted for a much larger proportion (57·4 %) of food and beverage expenditures, both healthy and unhealthy, than other food retail outlets. Although patronized less frequently, convenience stores were notable purveyors of unhealthy foods. Conclusions Findings highlight the need to implement policies that can help to decrease unhealthy food purchases in full-service supermarkets and convenience stores and increase healthy food purchases in convenience stores.

scholarly journals Profit in the Food Desert: Walmart Stakes its Claim

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivy Ken
Keyword(s):  
Food Desert
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