A recent study highlights the importance of sustained investment in community nutrition programs and policies to improve healthy food access at home. Children get up to two-thirds of their food from home, making the availability of food in their household a key role in shaping their diets. Using data from the National Institutes of Health's Healthy Communities Study, researchers found neighborhoods with higher and more stable socioeconomic status over 10 years had greater home availability of healthy foods and lower rate of food insecurity. Additionally, greater exposure to nutrition-focused community programming and policies over 10 years was associated with greater home availability of healthy foods, though there was no relationship with food insecurity. Findings highlight the long-term benefits of consistent investment in such programs and policies, regardless of neighborhood socioeconomic status. Study researchers proposed that future actions to support improved food security and healthy food access should focus on addressing disparities in neighborhood socioeconomic status and investing in long-term, community-wide nutrition programs and policies. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was conducted by Ian-Marshall Lang from the School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Yeonwoo Kim of the Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Lorrene Ritchie of the Nutrition Policy Institute, Lauren Au of the Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, and Natalie Colabianchi of the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.