Karpyn Allison E, Riser Danielle, Tracy Tara, Wang Rui, Shen Y E
Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware.
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware.
UNSCN Nutr. 2019 Summer;44:46-53.
In this article, we discuss the most recent trends in food-retail access in low- and moderate-income communities in the United States of America. We begin with a review of the current literature on the number of people impacted by food deserts and then review several critical retail trends, including supercentres (such as Walmart), dollar stores, farmers markets and online food retail. We discuss the growing investment in incentive programmes, as well as new understandings of the impact of food deserts on health. In the United States of America, the number of communities without adequate access to healthy affordable food has declined, though more than 5.6 percent of the population still lives in low-access census tracts. At the same time, racial and economic disparities in food access remain a considerable concern, with around 30 percent more non-white residents facing limited access to food retail than white residents. We also provide recommendations for areas of future research.
在本文中，我们探讨了美国低收入和中等收入社区食品零售渠道的最新趋势。我们首先回顾了当前关于受食品沙漠影响人数的文献，然后审视了几个关键的零售趋势，包括超级中心（如沃尔玛）、一元店、农贸市场和在线食品零售。我们讨论了对激励计划的投资不断增加，以及对食品沙漠对健康影响的新认识。在美国，无法获得充足健康实惠食品的社区数量有所下降，不过仍有超过5.6%的人口生活在食品零售渠道有限的人口普查区。与此同时，食品获取方面的种族和经济差距仍然是一个重大问题，面临食品零售渠道受限的非白人居民比白人居民多约30%。我们还为未来的研究领域提供了建议。
