Gerald Hunter

Feb 2, 2024 | rand.org | Robin L. Beckman |Gerald Hunter

IntroductionInvestments in historically oppressed neighborhoods through food retail, housing, and commercial development are hypothesized to improve residents' health, nutrition, and perceptions of their neighborhood as a place to live. Although place-based development (e.g., housing, retail, business assistance) is happening in many communities, there is little evidence of the long-term correlates of multiple investments such as health and nutrition among residents.

Oct 3, 2023 | rand.org | Gerald Hunter |Sarah Hunter |Jonah Kushner |Kelsey O'Hollaren

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May 16, 2023 | rand.org | Jonathan Cantor |Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar |Gerald Hunter |Matthew Baird

Lack of geographic access to foods has been postulated as a cause for food insecurity, which has been linked to poor nutrition, obesity, and chronic disease. Building on an established cohort of randomly selected households from a low-income, predominantly Black neighborhood, we examined household food security, distance to where study participants reported doing their major food shopping, and prices at stores where they shopped.