Food retail environments, extreme weather, and their overlap: Exploratory analysis and recommendations for U.S. food policy.

ABSTRACT: Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change, yet many of their impacts on human populations are not well understood. We examine the relationship between prior extreme weather events and food environment characteristics. To do so, we conduct a U.S. county-level analysis that assesses the association between extreme weather events and two common food retail environment dimensions. Overall, we find a relationship between higher levels of historic extreme weather exposure and lower food availability and accessibility. In addition, we find heterogeneity in association across the distribution of the number of extreme weather events and event type. Specifically, we find that more localized extreme weather events are more associated with a reduction of acc

SUBMITTER: Scharadin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631631 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature