@article{Berning:123313, recid = {123313}, author = {Berning, Joshua P.}, title = {Access to Local Agriculture and Weight Outcomes}, journal = {Agricultural and Resource Economics Review}, address = {2012-04}, number = {1203-2016-94803}, pages = {15}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Recent studies examine the impact of the built environment on health outcomes such as obesity. Several studies find for certain populations that access to unhealthy food has a positive effect on obesity, whereas access to healthy choices has a negative effect. Given the growth and popularity of locally grown food, we examine how individual weight outcomes are affected by access to direct-to-consumer local food. After controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that greater access to local food has a negative association with individual weight outcomes. We also find a negative association with greater weight loss over a one-year period. These results provide evidence that local food access can have potential indirect benefits.}, url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.123313}, }