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February 2007, Vol 97, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 202
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.102582

LETTER

REDUCING THE ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN FOOD ACCESS

Gina Morgan-Smith, MD

At the time of writing, the author was affiliated with the Executive Faculty Development Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

Correspondence: Reprint requests should be addressed to Gina Morgan-Smith, MD, Health Ministry Resource Institute Inc, PO Box 4352, Hallandale, FL 33008-4352 (e-mail: gmorgansm@aol.com).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Baker et al.1 noted that most of the public health interventions to decrease obesity focus on creating change in individual behaviors, with few studies focusing on the social determinants of health care. The authors’ findings are consistent with previous national findings that demonstrate limited access to supermarkets and nutritious foods in most urban and rural areas.2

The St Louis, Mo, Garden of Eden program was developed and implemented to provide a variety of high-quality, affordable produce to low-income African American communities. Faith-based health advocates, lay church members, academics, and business owners collaborated to establish the market. An important feature of . . . [Full Text]






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