Measuring Vulnerable Population’s Healthy and Unhealthy Food Access in Austin, Texas

Food deserts—areas with a significant low-income population experiencing low accessibility to healthy food sources—have been well studied in terms of their connection to obesity and its related health outcomes. Measuring food accessibility is the key component in food desert research. However, previ...

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Published in:	AIMS Public Health
Main Author:	Junfeng Jiao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AIMS Press 2016-09-01
Subjects:	food desert food accessibility Geographic Information System
Online Access:	http://www.aimspress.com/aimsph/article/974/fulltext.html

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