The evidence is abundant and strong enough for us to conclude that Americans living in low-income and minority areas tend to have little access to healthy food (Beaulac, Kristjansson, Cummins, 2009). The environment in which we live, work and play contributes to health and socioeconomic differences in health beyond the influence of individual characteristics (Beaulac, Kristjansson, Cummins, 2009). There is evidence of structural inequities in the food retail environment, and these inequities may contribute to inequities in diet and related outcomes. For the United States, our findings suggest a process of amplifying deprivation (9), as structural problems related to food retailing appear to further disadvantage low-income and minority Americans, who are already limited in their ability to purchase healthy food. (Beaulac, Kristjansson, Cummins,
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