You’ve heard of food deserts, but now researchers are looking at a serious issue called “food swamps”— which is where communities are inundated with mostly only unhealthy options for people to eat.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Residents of “food swamp” communities, which have a higher prevalence of fast-food options than healthy options, ...

Americans who live near a "food swamp" may have a higher risk of suffering a stroke, a preliminary study finds. A number of studies have looked at the health consequences of living in a so-called food ...

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SAN ANTONIO — Living in food deserts and food swamps — areas with no access to healthy food, and areas with a plethora of unhealthy food options — may raise the risk of dying from postmenopausal ...

U.S. counties where fast-food joints exceedingly outnumber supermarkets and other fresh food options -- so-called food swamps -- were more likely to have high mortality rates from cancers related to ...

Adults ages 50 and older who lived near dense fast food and unhealthy food environments known as "food swamps" had a higher risk of stroke compared to those who lived in areas with fewer retail and ...

Research shows Black residents are nearly twice as likely as white residents to live in census tracts with low access to healthy food. An estimated 59% of St. Louis City residents are eligible for the ...

At first it can be difficult to tell the difference between food deserts and food swamps. Some people even think they are synonymous. But despite their similarity as ways to describe food insecurity, ...