Combining crowd-sourcing, census data, and public review forums for real-time, high-resolution food desert estimation

Combining crowd-sourcing, census data, and public review forums for real-time, high-resolution food desert estimation

Abstract Background It has been hypothesized that low access to healthy and nutritious food increases health disparities. Low-accessibility areas, called food deserts, are particularly commonplace in lower-income neighborhoods. The metrics for measuring the food environment’s health, called food des...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Salari, Michael R. Kramer, Matthew A. Reyna, Herman A. Taylor, Gari D. Clifford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Subjects:
Crowd-sourcing
Food accessibility
Food desert
Geographic information system
Health
Population health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-023-01108-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-023-01108-9

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