TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine AU - National Research Council A2 - Paula Tarnapol Whitacre A2 - Peggy Tsai A2 - Janet Mulligan TI - The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts: Workshop Summary SN - 978-0-309-13728-7 DO - 10.17226/12623 PY - 2009 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/12623/the-public-health-effects-of-food-deserts-workshop-summary PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Food and Nutrition AB - In the United States, people living in low-income neighborhoods frequently do not have access to affordable healthy food venues, such as supermarkets. Instead, those living in "food deserts" must rely on convenience stores and small neighborhood stores that offer few, if any, healthy food choices, such as fruits and vegetables. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) convened a two-day workshop on January 26-27, 2009, to provide input into a Congressionally-mandated food deserts study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. The workshop, summarized in this volume, provided a forum in which to discuss the public health effects of food deserts. ER -