This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Baker Yolfer Carvajal Quintero arrived at the Hot Bread Kitchen ...

Food deserts are communities that have poor access to healthy, affordable foods (1, 2). The causes of food deserts are multifaceted. Public policy and economic practices that are embedded in systemic ...

"Our goal is ambitious. It's to eliminate food deserts in America completely in seven years." Michelle Obama spoke these words almost four years ago to students at Philadelphia's Fairhill Elementary ...

It should only take students around 10 minutes to complete—but a new survey could be pivotal in lessening food insecurity on UAB’s campus for years to come. The Food Access at UAB Study launched ...

USDA, in partnership with the Reinvestment Fund, has allocated nearly $6 million to improve access to nutritious foods in underserved communities across the country, reinforcing the trend toward ...

A new study examined whether neighborhood food access in early life is associated with trajectories of child body mass index and obesity risk. Study results show that neighborhood food access matters.

I’m a registered dietitian, and I’m sick of the mainstream idea of “healthy eating.” Many people think of healthy eating as an overflowing salad bowl or a turmeric chia seed smoothie, but it’s more ...

In Stockton, California, almost 60% of the city’s 320,000 residents are prediabetic or living with diabetes. Shane Bailey, a 72-year-old longtime resident and U.S. Coast Guard veteran, is one of them.

The world faces a conundrum: Even as the food supply expands every year—theoretically, already providing enough to feed every person on the planet—the number of hungry people has grown over the last ...

IPA's publications are archived in the University's Institutional Repository, UDSpace. When thinking about hunger, third-world impoverished countries— not America—come to mind. Yet, food insecurity is ...

Iowa City-area food assistance centers are bracing for increased demand as uncertainty swirls around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Nearly 10,000 Johnson County residents rely on ...

The cornerstone of a healthy and balanced diet is access to a variety of nourishing, enjoyable, and affordable foods. Food swamps, much like food deserts, are a substantial obstacle to this.