Chronic Disease

How Food Swamps, Food Security Led to Chronic Disease, Obesity

March 20, 2023 - New data from the Urban Institute corroborates the link between food swamps—a caveat to food security—and chronic disease, particularly obesity. The study specifically showed that areas with a higher density of retail food chains overlap with regions with the highest obesity rates. These findings give some credence to the concept of...


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