Study: Access To Healthy Food Isn’t Enough To Convince People To Buy It.

a new study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition examined the impact of the Health Food Financing Initiative, a government program that offers favorable tax credits to supermarket chains that build in so-called food desserts. “Brian Elbel, associate professor of population health and health policy at New York University School of Medicine, and his colleagues compared eating habits in families in” two Bronx neighborhoods – one with a new supermarket and one without. After speaking with parents each six months over one and a half years, the researchers found that “what the families were buying...didn’t change much.” Commenting on the study, “Elbel says his results highlight the fact that access isn’t the only answer.” He suggested “that policy makers may...need stricter definitions of food desserts,” and the government tax credit program might need more stringent criteria. http://time.com/3724029/better-grocery-stores-alone-cant-improve-kids-diets-study-finds/