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Don't blame food deserts for obesity Mar 7th 2012, 14:00 A new paper is challenging the notion that "food deserts" — rural and urban areas where nutritious food is difficult to obtain — are to blame for the rise in obesity. Many have argued that those who live in unhealthy food environments — heavy on fast food, light on grocery stores — are more likely to consume less nutritious options. But Roland Sturm, an economist at RAND Corporation, analyzed the food environments of 13,000 adolescents in California, looking at how many fast-food restaurants and supermarkets were within a 1.5-mile radius of their homes and schools. He then looked at how much fast food, fresh fruits and other foods the kids consumed. And his study found no correlation between what food sources kids lived near, what the kids ate and how much they weighed. Read full article >>

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