Promoting Food Equity in the Context of Residential Segregation

Ekenga, Christine C.; Tian, Ruiyi

doi:10.1089/env.2021.0029

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“…However, it will be important to delineate components of upstream community level factors, including how they may contribute towards or reduce food insecurity. For example, food apartheid in the US has subsequently contributed towards limited access to affordable healthy food options in neighborhoods that are predominantly comprised of racial/ethnic minoritized groups who live in concentrated poverty [13][14][15][16][17]. Further, limited availability of affordable healthy food in those neighborhoods potentially increase cumulative risk for mICVH disparities, which may be compounded by additional social determinants [10,11,13,14,16,48].…”

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“…However, social determinants in the US have largely been shaped by more upstream factors such as globalization, structural racism, as well as federal, state, and local policies [11]. For example, historical and current supermarket, redlining practices in the US have hindered opportunities for social mobility and contributed to food insecurity through, for instance, a lack of community investments leading to 'food deserts' (areas devoid of healthy food options) as well as food swamps (areas concentrated with energy-dense, lownutrient foods) which tend to be largely clustered in and around low-income neighborhoods as well as neighborhoods primarily comprised of racially/ethnically minoritized groups [13][14][15][16][17]. Notably, the term 'food deserts' has been met with much criticism among scholars and activists, as it inaccurately depicts the context of structural racist practices antecedent to the lack of healthy food options in some areas [14,18].…”

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Food security status and cardiometabolic health by sex/gender and race/ethnicity among adults in the United States

Murkey,

Gaston,

Alhasan

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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Background Minoritized racial/ethnic groups and women in the United States (US) are disproportionately burdened by food insecurity, which likely contributes to disparities in cardiovascular health (CVH). Disparities are projected to widen due to the worsening climate crisis that is straining the agricultural system including food supplies. Nonetheless, studies have not investigated the relationship between food security status and ‘ideal’ CVH in a large, nationally-representative and racially/ethnically diverse US sample. Methods and results We investigated household food security status in relation to ‘ideal’ CVH among US adults (N = 157,001) using 2014–2018/2020 National Health Interview Survey data. Food security status was defined as very low, low, marginal, or high. A summed score of 4 health behaviors and 3 clinical factors totaling 7 different measures was dichotomized (yes/no) to assess modified ‘ideal’ CVH (mICVH). Using Poisson regression with robust variance, we estimated prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% CIs of mICVH by household food security status. We stratified models by sex/gender and race/ethnicity. Very low food security prevalence was higher among non-Hispanic (NH)-Black (8.0%) compared to Hispanic/Latinx (5.1%), NH-White (3.1%) and NH-Asian (1.7%) adults. The association between very low versus high food security and mICVH was stronger among women (PR = 0.23 [95% CI: 0.17–0.31]) than men (PR = 0.48 [95% CI: 0.35–0.66]). Compared to NH-White adults with high food security, racially/ethnically minoritized groups with very low to high food security were generally less likely (range: [PRvery low = 0.25[95% CI: 0.14–0.44] – [PRhigh = 0.88 [95% CI: 0.79–0.97]) to meet mICVH criteria. Conclusions Food insecurity was associated with lower mICVH prevalence and racially/ethnically minoritized groups were disproportionately burdened.

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Food security status and cardiometabolic health by sex/gender and race/ethnicity among adults in the United States

Murkey,

Gaston,

Alhasan

et al. 2024

BMC Public Health

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“…Food security is a complex multi-dimensional issue and a host of strategies that address all aspects of food security will be needed to eliminate this social problem. These include working with stores to add healthy, nutritious foods to their inventory, working with businesses to market healthy foods, providing educational support for healthy consumption, incentivizing people to buy healthy foods and making alternate sources of healthy foods like farmers markets accessible to all, especially low-income populations by acceptance of food stamps at farmer markets [ 47 ]. It also suggests that business and workforce development efforts are needed to build capacity across all aspects of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) [ 48 ].…”

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Food Security as Ethics and Social Responsibility: An Application of the Food Abundance Index in an Urban Setting

Murrell

Jones

Rose³

et al. 2022

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High levels of food insecurity signal the presence of disparities and inequities in local food access that have been shown to negatively impact the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Some argue that the lack of healthy, affordable and culturally relevant food within a community represents a troubling social and ethical concern for any society. The current research conducts an assessment of a specific community utilizing the framework outlined by the Food Abundance Index (FAI) scorecard. Combined with contemporary regional data on the demographics of the area, data revealed extremely low scores for both access and density dimensions. Our findings can help business, community and policymakers better understand and target evidence-based solutions to address the issue of food insecurity within this region.

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“…This has led to the identification of 'food deserts' to describe areas with limited availability of grocery stores selling nutritious foods and 'food swamps' to denote a high number of convenience stores and fast-food outlets (91, 96,109). Studies (mostly in HICs) have found a higher likelihood of a 'food desert,' 'food swamp,' or both in lower-income communities and communities of people of colour (110)(111)(112)(113)(114)(115). In some cases, lower-income neighbourhoods have a higher density of all food vendor types, including those selling less healthy foods as well as those selling healthier foods (109,114,116).…”

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Inequity in access to healthy foods

Schneider¹,

Bellows²,

Downs³

et al. 2023

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. ABOUT FSECThe Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) is an independent academic commission set up to analyse the economics of a sustainable food system transformation and to identify a feasible agenda for implementing positive change. Our goal is to present lessons and feasible options for economic decisionmakers on what needs to be done to ensure a more inclusive, healthier, and nature-positive future for our food systems, by drawing on the best scientific analysis from economics and across the social sciences.

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Promoting Food Equity in the Context of Residential Segregation

Cited by 6 publications

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Food security status and cardiometabolic health by sex/gender and race/ethnicity among adults in the United States

Food security status and cardiometabolic health by sex/gender and race/ethnicity among adults in the United States

Food Security as Ethics and Social Responsibility: An Application of the Food Abundance Index in an Urban Setting

Inequity in access to healthy foods

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