Date of Award
Fall 2015
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
M.S.
Keywords
Healthy Food Financing Initiative, Food deserts, Limited access to nutritious foods, Obesity in children and adults
Department
Geography
First Advisor
Steven Hick
Abstract
The purpose of this Capstone will be to provide city, county, and eventually state, entities with the knowledge to better identify those areas which would fall under the auspice of the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, as laid out in a report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Council on “Food Deserts.” Food deserts are those areas in which access to nutritious foods is limited by distance, by lack of transportation, or both. Food deserts have also been linked to obesity in children and adults, with the attendant health problems. With this knowledge, starting at the local level, it is hoped that people in areas needing assistance can be better identified.
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Recommended Citation
Rahm, Christopher, "Food Deserts: USDA Report Review" (2015). Geography and the Environment: Graduate Student Capstones. 68.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/geog_ms_capstone/68