The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet Project published new data on the availability and affordability of healthy food their September 2008 report "Coming up Short: High food costs outstrip food stamp benefits." This project, based at the Boston Medical Center and Drexel University's School of Public Health and generously supported by WK Kellogg Foundation and the Claneil Foundation, investigated whether low-income residents in Boston and Philadelphia could buy food for a healthy diet using the maximum food stamp benefit in their neighborhood food stores.
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