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Super Food Store in Desert Hot Springs, California. A 2009 study found that although personal factors impact eating behavior for rural people, it is the physical and social environments that place constraints on food access, even in civically engaged communities.
A longitudinal study of food deserts in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that supermarket availability is generally unrelated to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality. [59] In a 2018 article in Guernica, Karen Washington states that factors beyond physical access suggest the community should reexamine the word food desert itself.
California farm workers also face increased health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or high glucose levels, with one-fifth of male farm workers having at least two of the above. [25] In particular, childhood obesity is prevalent; Latino children face higher rates of childhood obesity than non-Latino children. [6]
The "CBS Mornings'" series "Rebuilding America" shows how a California organization is helping to provide neighbors with better access to fruits and vegetables in food deserts.
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For some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who live in Los Angeles’ food deserts — areas that may be abundant in fast-food chains but lack access to the fresh and affordable produce that ...
There have been multiple studies regarding the effects that University food deserts have on students. A study conducted by researchers Jaapna Dhillion, L. Katrina Diaz Rios, Kaitlyn J. Aldaz, and their peers, looked into the perception of first-year minority students attending a school in a food desert at the University of California.
The California attorney general's office is probing whether Kroger's $24.6 billion plan to buy rival grocer Albertsons will make it harder for people in poorer parts of cities or rural areas to ...