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food desert: a standalone construct

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food desert1 CONSTRUCTFood desert (Public)CUMMINS · PUBLIC HEALTH

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an area, often poor, where residents lack affordable access to healthy food.

In public health, food desert refers to an area, often poor, where residents lack affordable access to healthy food. This meaning comes from Cummins (2002) in BMJ.[1]

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References

  1. Cummins, S., & Macintyre, S. (2002). “Food deserts”: evidence and assumption in health policy making. BMJ, 325(7361), 436-438. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7361.436

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