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Food insecurity and food deserts
The Nurse Practitioner, 2015Food insecurity has been steadily increasing in the United States with prevalence at nearly 15% of all households. Nurse practitioners can assess for food insecurity and provide local resources for families living in neighborhoods without easy access to healthy foods, otherwise known as food deserts.
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Understanding Restaurant Healthfulness in Food Deserts
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2021To determine differences in restaurant environments between neighborhood and restaurant type to understand better a food desert's eating environments.The Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for restaurants was used to assess restaurant healthfulness.
Kiwon, Lee, Natalie, Caine-Bish
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Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2008
Given the emerging focus on improving food environments and food systems through planning, this article investigates racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. An empirical case of Erie County, New York tests the hypothesis that people belonging to different racial groups have access to different neighborhood food destinations.
Raja, Samina +2 more
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Given the emerging focus on improving food environments and food systems through planning, this article investigates racial disparities in neighborhood food environments. An empirical case of Erie County, New York tests the hypothesis that people belonging to different racial groups have access to different neighborhood food destinations.
Raja, Samina +2 more
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Food Deserts and Food Insecurity in the UK
2022This book examines the social inequalities relating to food insecurity in the UK, as well as drawing parallels with the US. Access to food in the UK, and especially access to healthy food, is a constant source of worry for many in this wealthy country.
Smith, Dianna, Thompson, Claire
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Scottish Geographical Journal, 2011
Abstract The poor health of Scots is sometimes linked to poor diet, especially a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. However, this lack may itself be linked to accessibility issues. In recent years, shops selling ‘healthy’ food, such as large superstores, have tended to relocate to edge-of-town locations, which are very accessible to car users but ...
Lindsay Coyle, Robin Flowerdew
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Abstract The poor health of Scots is sometimes linked to poor diet, especially a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables. However, this lack may itself be linked to accessibility issues. In recent years, shops selling ‘healthy’ food, such as large superstores, have tended to relocate to edge-of-town locations, which are very accessible to car users but ...
Lindsay Coyle, Robin Flowerdew
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High and Dry in the Food Desert
Scientific American, 2012The article presents a report adapted from the Observations staff blog located at blogs.ScientificAmerican.com/observations regarding Collusion, an add-on program for the Internet browser Mozilla Firefox, that demonstrates to users how their searches are tracked by third-party companies.
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Measuring Food Access and Food Deserts for Policy Purposes†
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2014AbstractPolicymakers have dedicated increasing attention to whether Americans have access to healthful food. As a result, various methods for measuring food store access at the national level have been developed to identify areas that lack access. However, these methods face definitional, data, and methodological limitations. The focus on neighborhoods
Michele Ver Ploeg +2 more
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Participatory Sensing for Fighting Food Deserts
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Body Area Networks, 2013We present a participatory sensing system, which collects food availability information in communities via individual food consumption information, for fighting food deserts. Users leverage the NutriSmart Android app developed to record food purchases and consumption choices. This information can then be aggregated and mapped across users.
Ashley Yu, Ani Nahapetian
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Food Deserts in Virginia [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of the Virginia Food Desert Study Report is to determine the current status of food deserts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The report identifies challenges, consequences, strategies, and resources to address food deserts and offers recommendations for the Virginia General Assembly's consideration and action.
Grant, Alan L. +14 more
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