Healthy Food Systems

The Healthy Food Systems projects aim to improve health and prevent obesity and disease in low-income communities through culturally appropriate educational, environmental and policy interventions that increase access to healthy foods and promote their purchase, preparation and consumption.

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Current Projects

Baltimore Urban Food Distribution (BUD)

BUD

Baltimore Urban Food Distribution (BUD)

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SAFPAS

Support Application for Food Pantries (SAFPAS)

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FRESH

Focus on Restaurants Engagement to Strengthen Health (FRESH)

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About Us

Healthy Food Systems has worked with many states and communities through studies which are a series of food store-based interventions in low-income areas where healthy foods are often unavailable. The Healthy Stores work strives to curb diet-related chronic diseases in ethnic-minority populations by increasing access to more nutritious foods, promoting them at the point of purchase, and educating store employees and customers alike about the benefits of healthier diets. We combine interventions at the retail food level with work in schools, churches, recreation centers and restaurants.​

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Meet the Team

Joel Gittelsohn, PhD
Joel Gittelsohn, PhDProfessor
Stacey Williamson, BS, RD
Stacey Williamson, BS, RDDigital Interventions Coordinator
Andrea Flores, MSPH
Andrea Flores, MSPHResearch Project Coordinator
Shelley Walton, BS, RD, MSPH
Shelley Walton, BS, RD, MSPHDrPH Candidate, Research Associate
Lexi Lightner, MSPH
Lexi Lightner, MSPHGraduate Research Assistant