@article {10208,
	title = {Food deserts and diet-related health outcomes of the elderly},
	journal = {Food Policy},
	volume = {87},
	year = {2019},
	month = {08/2019},
	pages = {101747},
	abstract = {It is hypothesized that residents of neighborhoods with limited access to affordable and nutritious food face greater barriers to eating a healthy diet, which may in turn, result in worse health outcomes for them. Low-income elderly in urban areas may be uniquely affected by these so-called {\textquotedblleft}food deserts{\textquotedblright} due to limited transportation options, strong attachments to local neighborhoods, fixed incomes, physical limitations in food shopping and meal preparation, and chronic health problems. Using the 2006, 2010, and 2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the association between the food environment of elderly individuals living in urban Census tracts and their diet-related health was examined. Within urban areas, we find little evidence that food deserts negatively impact the health of lower income elderly individuals. Policies to address the needs of elderly residents of food deserts should be narrowly targeted and carefully justified.},
	keywords = {Diet-related disease, Elderly, Food access, Food desert, United States},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101747},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919219305640?via\%3Dihub},
	author = {Fitzpatrick, Katie and Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley and Michele Ver Ploeg}
}
@article {8355,
	title = {The Impact of Food Deserts on Food Insufficiency and SNAP Participation among the Elderly},
	journal = {American Journal of Agricultural Economics},
	volume = {98},
	year = {2016},
	note = {Times Cited: 1 0 1},
	pages = {19-40},
	publisher = {98},
	abstract = {Residents of neighborhoods with limited access to grocery stores may face barriers to obtaining adequate food for a healthy diet. Low-income elderly may be uniquely affected by these so-called  food deserts  due to limited transportation options, strong attachments to local neighborhoods, fixed incomes, and physical limitations for food shopping. Using 2006 and 2010 Health and Retirement Study data linked to census tract-level measures of food deserts, this study measures whether living in a food desert affects food and material hardship, participation in food assistance programs, and the food spending of elderly adults. In both cross-sectional and fixed effects regressions of elderly residents of urban counties, we find little evidence that living in a food desert affects these outcomes. We find, however, that individuals residing in a food desert without a vehicle are 12 percentage points more likely to report food insufficiency. Those SNAP recipients living in food deserts are 11 percentage points more likely to receive subsidized meals, while nonparticipants in food deserts and SNAP recipients outside of food deserts are less likely to receive subsidized meals. Our findings suggest that seniors without vehicles and SNAP recipients in food deserts may be the most vulnerable to limited food store access.},
	keywords = {Consumption and Savings},
	doi = {10.1093/ajae/aav044},
	author = {Fitzpatrick, Katie and Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley and Michele Ver Ploeg}
}
