Improving Unequal Food Access Requires Understanding and Addressing the Social Inequalities That Contribute to It.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bowen, Sarah, ; Hardison-Moody, Annie
- Source
- American Journal of Public Health; Apr2023, Vol. 113 Issue 4, p353-355, 3p
- Subject
- Racism
Food security
Rural conditions
Food supply
Socioeconomic factors
Shopping
- Language
- ISSN
- 00900036
The authors asserts the need to understand and address social inequalities to improve biased food access especially in rural areas. It focuses on an analysis by W. Feng et al. that utilizes a national data set of food expenditures to monitor changes in food spending at retail outlets between 2008 and 2020. Key considerations suggested include the need to understand the consequences of increased reliance on dollar stores and how such stores affect communities.