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AGING IN A FOOD DESERT: DIFFERENCES IN FOOD ACCESS AMONG OLDER AND YOUNGER ADULTS [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2018 Costley A.
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Using Social Media to Predict Food Deserts in the United States: Infodemiology Study of Tweets
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2022 BackgroundThe issue of food insecurity is becoming increasingly important to public health practitioners because of the adverse health outcomes and underlying racial disparities associated with insufficient access to healthy foods.
Nekabari Sigalo +2 more
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Inequalities in Diabetes Mortality Between Microregions in Hungary
International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: Regional differences in diabetes mortality are high in Hungary. In our cross-sectional study, we aim to reveal the drivers of the inequalities in diabetes mortality across the 197 microregions of Hungary.
Zsófia Kollányi +5 more
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Food Access, Food Deserts, and the Women, Infants, and Children Program
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2017 We examine the shopping behavior of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program participants located in food deserts in the Greater Los Angeles area relative to peers in GLA located outside of food-desert boundaries.
Qi Wu +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 The desert locust Schistocerca gregagia (Forskål, 1775) is one of the most harmful migratory pests in the world, posing a major threat to agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security.
Qianhong Tang +6 more
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Are Food Deserts Also Play Deserts? [PDF]
Journal of Urban Health, 2016 Although food deserts are areas that lack easy access to food outlets and considered a barrier to a healthy diet and a healthy weight among residents, food deserts typically comprise older urban areas which may have many parks and street configurations that could facilitate more physical activity.
Deborah A, Cohen +3 more
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Journal of Public Health Research, 2014 Background. This ecological study examines the relationship between food desert prevalence and academic achievement at the school district level. Design and methods. Sample included 232 suburban and urban school districts in New York State. Multiple open-
Seth E. Frndak
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M/C Journal, 1999 In today's society there is evidence of a culture of the 'empowered consumer' -- an image of the consumer as a citizen rather than a subordinate. In fact, human rights language is increasingly coming to the fore in the consumption debate. The consumer has been allocated rights by the United Nations whereby all human beings are born free ...
Sinead Furey +2 more
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IPM - Biological and integrated management of desert locust
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022 Locusts have caused periodic disasters in the recorded history of humankind. Up to now, locust disaster is still the biggest threat to the world's agricultural production.
Shuang LI +4 more
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The Relationship Between Food Deserts, Farmers’ Markets and Food Assistance in Georgia Census Tracts
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2016 Background: Due to inadequate resources and limited access to healthy foods, residents of food deserts struggle to maintain a well-balanced, nutritious diet. These factors increase the risk of developing obesity and diet-related chronic diseases.
Andrea Brace +3 more
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