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What to know about Study finds food insecurity remains in historically redlined neighborhoods

The article reports on a study published in the journal Obesity which suggests that food insecurity in historically redlined neighborhoods is driven more by crime, housing, and education than by income or transportation. The researchers argue that improving food access requires comprehensive neighborhood-level policy changes rather than simply adding grocery stores.

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Study finds food insecurity remains in historically redlined neighborhoods Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Chief Editor Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy…

Why it matters

That's the main finding of a study by Sebastian Linde, a health policy expert with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health at Texas A&M Health, and colleagues with the State University of New York at Buffalo on why some neighborhoods have better food…

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The study is published in the journal Obesity.

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The article reports on a study published in the journal Obesity which suggests that food insecurity in historically redlined neighborhoods is driven more by crime, housing, and education than by income or transportation. The researchers argue that improving food access requires comprehensive neighborhood-level policy changes rather than simply adding grocery stores.

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Claim 1: “severe cases nearly doubled to affect about 22 million adults today.”
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The evidence mentions that obesity affects about 40% of adults (approx 93.3 million), but does not specifically confirm the '22 million' figure for severe cases.
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Claim 2: “Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy food in neighborhoods historically subjected to 'redlining'”
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The web search result 'Historic redlining continues limiting healthy food access, study finds' explicitly states that the main drivers for food access in historically redlined communities were high crime rates and substandard housing and schools.
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web search NEUTRAL — It outlines that neighborhoods affected by redlining are the ones that typically face higher rates of illness like diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension. Due to limited access to good housing, hea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlining
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web search NEUTRAL — Access to quality schools and learning opportunities. Housing. Home affordability, safety and stability. Social cohesion.The main drivers for food access in historically redlined communities were high…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stable, affordable housing reduces stress, improves access to quality schools and healthcare, and fosters healthier environments overall.Social determinants of health and disparities in hypertension a…
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Claim 3: “Obesity among adults in the United States jumped from 30.5% to 41.9% over the past two decades”
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While evidence discusses obesity rates in general and for specific demographics, none of the provided sources confirm the specific jump from 30.5% to 41.9% over two decades.
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Claim 4: “The study is published in the journal Obesity.”
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Claim 5: “redlining—the now-illegal practice once used to refuse loans, insurance or mortgages to people in certain neighborhoods that were disproportionately inhabited by racial and ethnic minorities.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources define redlining as the practice of denying financial services (loans, insurance, mortgages) to neighborhoods based on racial or ethnic composition.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mortgage discrimination or mortgage lending discrimination is the practice of banks, governments or other lending institutions denying loans to one or more groups of people primarily on the basis of r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Redlining is the practice of denying or limiting financial services to certain neighborhoods based on racial or ethnic composition without regard to the residents’ qualifications or creditworthiness.
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web search NEUTRAL — What: Redlining involved denying mortgage loans, insurance, and other financial services to residents living in specific neighborhoods deemed risky or undesirable.
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Claim 6: “redlining, which began in 1934, has left affected areas poor and segregated, even after the practice was declared illegal in 1968.”
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Wikipedia confirms the National Housing Act of 1934 established the framework for redlining and that the practice was later outlawed (Fair Housing Act of 1968, though the 1968 date is common knowledge and implied by the 'Redlining' Wikipedia entry).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Housing Act of 1934, H.R. 9620, Pub. L. 73–479, 48 Stat. 1246, enacted June 27, 1934, also called the Better Housing Program, was part of the New Deal passed during the Great Depression i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Redlining is a discriminatory practice from the United States, in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities. Redlining has …
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Claim 7: “That's the main finding of a study by Sebastian Linde, a health policy expert with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health at Texas A&M Health, and colleagues with the State University of New York at Buffalo”
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Two independent web search results confirm a study involving researchers from Texas A&M University and the University at Buffalo regarding food insecurity and health risks in redlined neighborhoods.
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web search NEUTRAL — Statistical analyses revealed that historically redlined areas face greater overall neighborhood hardships, with all neighborhoods categorized as being in decline. While some had no healthy food optio…
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Claim 8: “the team analyzed four data sources: General U.S. Census data on nearly 9,600 neighborhoods across 38 states; Maps showing historical redlining; A tool that compares the number of grocery stores and fast-food restaurants in an area; A specialized dataset to identify hidden pathways and systems that connect past differences in credit access to modern-day health differences.”
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The web search result 'Historic redlining continues limiting healthy food access, study finds' explicitly lists the four data sources: Census data on ~9,600 neighborhoods in 38 states, redlining maps, grocery/fast-food tool, and the specialized dataset.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1970 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enume…
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Claim 9: “Rebekah J. Walker et al, Structural Drivers of Neighborhood Food Access: Implications for Policy Change, Obesity (2026). DOI: 10.1002/oby.70205”
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Claim 10: “The main drivers of food access in historically redlined communities were high crime rates and substandard housing and schools.”
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The web search result 'Historic redlining continues limiting healthy food access, study finds' explicitly states: 'The main drivers for food access in historically redlined communities were high crime rates and substandard housing and schools.'
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Claim 11: “Statistical analyses revealed that historically redlined areas face greater overall neighborhood hardships, with all neighborhoods categorized as being in decline.”
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Although listed as 'No evidence found' in the summary section, the evidence provided for Claim 2 actually contains the exact text: 'Statistical analyses revealed that historically redlined areas face greater overall neighborhood hardships, with all neighborhoods categorized as being in decline.'
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