A community-based system dynamics approach suggests solutions for improving healthy food access in a low-income urban environment.

Little is known about the mechanisms through which neighborhood-level factors (e.g., social support, economic opportunity) relate to suboptimal availability of healthy foods in low-income urban communities. We engaged a diverse group of chain and local food outlet owners, residents, neighborhood org...

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Main Authors: Yeeli Mui, Ellis Ballard, Eli Lopatin, Rachel L J Thornton, Keshia M Pollack Porter, Joel Gittelsohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216985