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Food deserts in Winnipeg, Canada: a novel method for measuring a complex and contested construct
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2017 Introduction: "Food deserts" have emerged over the past 20 years as spaces of concern for communities, public health authorities and researchers because of their potential negative impact on dietary quality and subsequent health outcomes.
Joyce Slater +3 more
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Crowdsourced Mapping for Healthy Food Accessibility in Dallas, Texas: A Feasibility Study
Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Since its first use for describing a neighborhood lacking access to food in the 1990's, “food deserts” has been widely addressed by researchers and adopted as an indicator of neighborhood-level food insecurity by governmental agencies, such as USDA ...
Thomas McKey, Dohyeong Kim, SungChul Seo
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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2017 Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart disease and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the United States, producing an immense health and economic burden. An estimated 92.1 million US adults are diagnosed with at least one type of CVD, and a projected 43.9% of US adults will have some form of CVD by 2030.1 One of the primary reasons for the
Keith C, Ferdinand, Indrajeet, Mahata
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The case of Montréal's missing food deserts: Evaluation of accessibility to food supermarkets
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2007 Background Access to varied, healthy and inexpensive foods is an important public health concern that has been widely documented. Consequently, there is an increasing interest in identifying food deserts, that is, socially deprived areas within cities ...
Cloutier Marie-Soleil +2 more
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International Journal of Health Geographics, 2008 Background A growing body of research suggests that the suburbanization of food retailers in North America and the United Kingdom in recent decades has contributed to the emergence of urban 'food deserts', or disadvantaged areas of cities with relatively
Gilliland Jason, Larsen Kristian
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Preventing Chronic Disease, 2013 Background Food deserts, areas that lack full-service grocery stores, may contribute to rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases among low-income and racial/ethnic minority residents.
Celia Larson, PhD +5 more
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2012 Background Many people lack access to food stores that provide healthful food. Neighborhoods with poor supermarket access have been characterized as “food deserts” (as contrast with “food oases”).
Walker Renee E +2 more
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Setting the table, not running it
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021 First paragraph: Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.) is a vegan food justice nonprofit in northern California. We focus on making a more just and sustainable food system for everyone involved.
Karen Emmerman, lauren Ornelas
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AgricultureThe current conventional food system is led by large-scale agribusinesses, characterized by industrialized production and increasing distance between food production and consumption. In response, alternative food initiatives (AFIs) have typically emerged
Laura Fernández-Casal +5 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai +9 more
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