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Access to Local Agriculture and Weight Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Joshua P. Berning
Joshua P. Berning*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut
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Abstract

Recent studies examine the impact of the built environment on health outcomes such as obesity. Several studies find for certain populations that access to unhealthy food has a positive effect on obesity, whereas access to healthy choices has a negative effect. Given the growth and popularity of locally grown food, we examine how individual weight outcomes are affected by access to direct-to-consumer local food. After controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that greater access to local food has a negative association with individual weight outcomes. We also find a negative association with greater weight loss over a one-year period. These results provide evidence that local food access can have potential indirect benefits.

Keywords

local agricultureobesityfood access
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , April 2012 , pp. 57 - 71
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Copyright © 2012 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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