Feeding L.A.
Creating a better way to get food to hungry families during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond—with a first-of-its-kind food system map.
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Reports
Since 2020, the team has periodically issued reports updating our understanding of food access in L.A. County and analyzing impact.
Improving Healthy Food Access
Analysis in Four Eastside Los Angeles Neighborhoods
Mejorando el acceso a comida saludable
Análisisen cuatro comunidades del este de Los Ángeles
Enough to Eat: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County
The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County: April 2020 – September 2021
Recommendations from the First 18 Months of the Pandemic to Strengthen our Food Systems
Food Insecurity Status: April – July 2020
Food Insecurity Status: April – May 2020
Briefs
October 2024: Food and Nutrition Insecurity in L.A. County
July 2023: Food Insecurity in L.A. County
December 2022: Food Insecurity in L.A. County
July 2022: Food Insecurity in L.A. County
2021: Food Insecurity in L.A. County
Diet Changes in L.A. County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Year of Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have Been Hardest Hit
Academic Journal Publications
Food Insecurity Is Under-reported in Surveys That Ask About the Past Year
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 65, Issue 4, October 2023, Pages 657-666
Spatial characteristics of food insecurity and food access in Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic
Food Security
Volume 15, pages 1255–1271, 21 July 2023
Ecological risk and protective factors for food insufficiency in Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic
Public Health Nutrition
July 2023
Research gaps and opportunities in precision nutrition: an NIH workshop report
December 2022
Self-reported dietary changes among Los Angeles County adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Volume 166, 1 November 2021
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