Food system dynamics structuring nutrition equity in racialized urban neighborhoods.

Darcy A FreedmanJill K ClarkDavid W LounsburyLena BoswellMarilyn BurnsMichelle B JacksonKristen MikelbankGwendolyn DonleyLa Queta Worley-BellJodi MitchellTimothy H CiesielskiMilen EmbayeEun Kyung LeeAbigail RocheIndia GillOwusua Yamoah

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

We identified nutrition equity as an overarching goal for local food systems, which reflects a state of having freedom, agency, and dignity in food traditions resulting in people and communities healthy in body, mind, and spirit. It is a transformative goal designed to spur system-level interventions that further racial equity through improved local food system dynamics.

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