Keywords

food desert, food insecurity, malnutrition, obesity

 

Authors

  1. Camp, Nadine L. MSN, APRN, CPNP

Abstract

Abstract: Food insecurity has been steadily increasing in the United States with prevalence at nearly 15% of all households. Nurse practitioners can assess for food insecurity and provide local resources for families living in neighborhoods without easy access to healthy foods, otherwise known as food deserts.