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. 2015 Dec 8;12(12):e1001914.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001914. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Moving Beyond "Food Deserts": Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet Quality

Jason P Block  1   2 , S V Subramanian  2   3
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Moving Beyond "Food Deserts": Reorienting United States Policies to Reduce Disparities in Diet Quality

Jason P Block et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Jason Block and S. V. Subramanian explore avenues for improving the health of Americans through reducing dietary inequalities and look at whether concern over "food deserts" has been taken too far.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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