What is it about?
People living in inner city neighborhoods often do not have easy access to full service grocery stores. Healthy food choices, if available at all, are over-priced. In addition, low-end fast food restaurants are often the only real meal choice. This results in nutritional stigma. Grocery stores don't want to locate their because of security issues.
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Why is it important?
Access to healthy nutrition options results in better overall health. People living in the inner city can't leave and shopping in the suburbs for many is not an option. Overall health care is also worse for populations experiencing health disparities.
Perspectives
I live next to a city with a food desert. I first noticed this issue driving around that community. I also noticed a lot of inner city residents on the bus coming out to the suburbs to a large grocery store to do their shopping. I wondered what happens to the people who can't--those with small children or who are old with disabilities.
Mary Bresnahan
Michigan State University
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This page is a summary of: Detrimental Effects of Community-Based Stigma, American Behavioral Scientist, August 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0002764216657378.
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