Study: Living In A Food Desert May Not Heavily Influence Eating Habits.

reports on a recently published Rand Corp. study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease that found “virtually no link between the type of food and drinks that Los Angeles County adults consume and the proximity of fast-food outlets, grocery stores and convenience stores to their homes.” The result undermines the widely held notion that so-called food deserts contribute heavily to the obesity epidemic in the US. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-adv-food-environment-20150908-story.html