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 is beginning to document the complexity of these interactions, but more is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions. The objectives of the Atlas are to assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and to provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.

Healthy Access Locator map can be used to view schools that have received a Healthier US Schools Challenge Award (HUSSC). To get started, click on Search Awards and enter your search criteria. When the information displays on the map, you can click a star for additional details or see a summary of your results below the map. You can also use the Data Layers feature to display different data layers on obesity and diabetes prevalence, SNAP Participation Rates, and SNAP Outreach Plans by states. (HUSSC Awards as of May 30, 2013).

Pulmonary effects to ozone with rats that have chronically exercised or have been continuously sedentary. Also includes body composition of both groups throughout experimentation. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Gordon , C., P. Phillips , T. Beasley , A. Ledbetter , A. Cenk, U. Kodavanti , and A. Johnstone. Pulmonary Sensitivity to Ozone Exposure in Sedentary Versus Chronically Trained, Female Rats. INHALATION TOXICOLOGY. Informa Healthcare USA, New York, NY, USA, 293-302, (2016).