Did you know that people who live in food deserts have a life expectancy of almost five years less than people who live in ...

Nearly 20% of people in the United States live in food deserts—geographic areas lacking direct access to affordable and healthy fresh fruits and vegetables. Although families know the benefits ...

As many prepare for Thanksgiving feasts, thousands of families across North Texas will struggle to put food on the table.

“It’s meant to serve the people in that neighborhood ... atlas also identifies most of those neighborhoods as food deserts. However, there are more small-scale food retailers in those ...

you have the makings of store closure, and by extension, a food desert. The needle on how many people are stealing will move when prices come down to levels that do not require stealing to eat.

Efforts to subsidize grocery stores in food deserts can work ... In other words, providing people with the tools they need to get and keep better-paying jobs. The economic resiliency of consumers ...

Historical redlining and rising obesity rates are driving heart disease risks in the US, as new studies link limited food ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — The USDA has identified more than 35 food deserts within the perimeter of metro Atlanta, meaning that the ...

President of the United Pastors for Social Empowerment said are the impacts on people in food deserts. Some Toledo Black and brown communities are at the center of food deserts. Where a large ...

To meet the USDA’s food desert definition in an urban area, at least 500 people or a third of the local population must live more than a mile from the nearest supermarket, supercenter or large ...