Can "Food Is Medicine" Interventions Be Positioned to Combat the Historical Effects of Racism in Black Communities Deprived of Food Resources?

Am J Public Health

The author is with the Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Published: April 2025

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