{ "snippet": "Food environment factors\u2014such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics\u2014interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research has been documenting the complexity of these interactions, but more research is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions. The objectives of the Atlas are: \n\u2022 to assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and \n\u2022 to provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.", "summary": "Food environment factors—such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics—interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research has been documenting the complexity of these interactions, but more research is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions. The objectives of the Atlas are: \n• to assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and \n• to provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.", "extent": [ [ -180, 3.02034318166615 ], [ 180, 90 ] ], "accessInformation": "US Department of Agriculture\nUS Census Bureau", "thumbnail": "thumbnail/thumbnail.png", "maxScale": 1.7976931348623157E+308, "typeKeywords": [ "ArcGIS", "ArcGIS Server", "Data", "Feature Access", "Feature Service", "providerSDS", "Service" ], "description": "
This service provides statistics relevant to the local farm distribution resources. These data are organized into the following groups:<\/p>