8/8/2011 – Mobile devices help remove barriers to fresh food

Conditions can be challenging for those using wheelchairs or walkers, with a trip to the market requiring residents to travel down a busy street, and to navigate around sidewalks blocked by parked cars, poorly lit streets and a crosswalk light too brief for them to cross the four-lane intersection. These physical barriers to fresh-food sources are often overlooked by city planners. Learn how Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Abby King and other Stanford researchers are working to solve these problems.

Read the full article at Stanford School of Medicine