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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 963477" data-attributes="member: 12952"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/health/research/pairing-of-food-deserts-and-obesity-challenged-in-studies.html?_r=2" target="_blank">Michelle Obama &#039;food desert&#039; claim debunked in story -- by NYT?</a><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/michelle_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per" target="_blank">Michelle Obama</a>, that poor urban neighborhoods are food deserts, bereft of fresh fruits and vegetables.But two new studies have found something unexpected. Such neighborhoods&nbsp; not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than&nbsp; more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and&nbsp; full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the&nbsp; type of food being sold in a neighborhood and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/morbid-obesity/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" target="_blank">obesity</a> among its children and adolescents.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; “It is always easy to advocate for more grocery stores,” said Kelly D.&nbsp; Brownell, director of Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and&nbsp; Obesity, who was not involved in the studies. “But if you are looking&nbsp; for what you hope will change obesity, healthy food access is probably&nbsp; just wishful thinking.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 963477, member: 12952"] [B] [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/health/research/pairing-of-food-deserts-and-obesity-challenged-in-studies.html?_r=2']Michelle Obama 'food desert' claim debunked in story -- by NYT?[/URL][/B] [URL='http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/michelle_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per']Michelle Obama[/URL], that poor urban neighborhoods are food deserts, bereft of fresh fruits and vegetables. But two new studies have found something unexpected. Such neighborhoods not only have more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more affluent ones, but more grocery stores, supermarkets and full-service restaurants, too. And there is no relationship between the type of food being sold in a neighborhood and [URL='http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/morbid-obesity/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier']obesity[/URL] among its children and adolescents. “It is always easy to advocate for more grocery stores,” said Kelly D. Brownell, director of Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, who was not involved in the studies. “But if you are looking for what you hope will change obesity, healthy food access is probably just wishful thinking.” [/QUOTE]

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