TY  - EJOUR
AB  - 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.
AU  - Berning, Joshua P.
DA  - 2012-04
DA  - 2012-04
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.123313
DO  - doi
EP  - 71
EP  - 57
ID  - 123313
IS  - 01
JF  - Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
KW  - Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
KW  - Health Economics and Policy
KW  - local agriculture
KW  - obesity
KW  - food access
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313/files/berning%20-%20current.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313/files/berning%20-%20current.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313/files/berning%20-%20current.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313/files/berning%20-%20current.pdf
N2  - 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.
PY  - 2012-04
PY  - 2012-04
SP  - 57
T1  - Access to Local Agriculture and Weight Outcomes
TI  - Access to Local Agriculture and Weight Outcomes
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123313/files/berning%20-%20current.pdf
VL  - 41
Y1  - 2012-04
T2  - Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
ER  -