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Better access to healthy foods is not enough to tackle obesity
SupermarketGovernment initiatives to improve access to healthy foods may have a limited impact on obesity, according to new research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Penn State University. Disadvantaged neighbourhoods often lack access to low-cost healthy foods, which has led to initiatives in the UK and US that focus on increasing the number of local supermarkets through grants and loans.