Michelle Obama today announced an online Food Environment Atlas. The searchable maps in this comprehensive database made possible by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) include information on:
- Access and proximity to grocery stores
- Availability of food stores
- Availability of restaurants
- Expenditures of food at restaurants
- Food assistance
- Food eaten at home
- Food insecurity
- Food prices (at stores, not restaurants)
- Food taxes
- Health
- Local foods
- Physical activity levels & outlets
- Socioeconomic characteristics
To view the atlas click here: http://maps.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/
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