Nearly 24 million Americans live in food deserts, low-income neighborhoods with no access to affordable, fresh, healthy food. As a result, people who live in these areas often have poor diets that ...

This one qualifies as a "healthy" fast food dessert. "Two-hundred and seventy calories with 6 grams of protein, 7 grams of fat and less than 50 carbs is honestly not bad at all and won't calorie bomb ...

People living in these food deserts rely on convenience stores or fast food options, which often cost more and offer less nutritious options, to feed their families. Food deserts ...

These findings counter the common notion that policies to reduce supply inequities, such as “food deserts,” could play an important role in reducing nutritional inequality. By contrast, the structural ...

Food insecurity and living in food deserts—areas with limited access to affordable, nutritious food—are linked to later-stage cancer diagnoses and worse survival rates, according to recent ...