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Urban and peri-urban agriculture in the global food security conundrum

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2021
First paragraph: Rural exodus and increased urbanization have led to the development of urban slums in major cities across the world, resulting in food insecurity.
Innocent Awasom
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Implementing a Rural Natural Experiment: A Protocol for Evaluating the Impacts of Food Coops on Food Consumption, Resident’s Health and Community Vitality

Methods and Protocols, 2022
Background: Local food environments are recognized by experts as a determinant of healthy eating. Food cooperatives (coop) can promote the accessibility to healthier foods and thus improve the health of the population, particularly in remote rural ...
Éric Robitaille, Marie-Claude Paquette, Gabrielle Durette, Amélie Bergeron, Marianne Dubé, Mélanie Doyon, Geneviève Mercille, Marc Lemire, Ernest Lo   +8 more
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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, Stefan Epp-Koop, Megan Jakilazek, Chris Green   +3 more
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The Effects of Food Environment on Obesity in Children: A Systematic Review

Children, 2023
Childhood obesity is an epidemic connected with poor eating. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS), food deserts are geographical locations in which residents have restricted or nonexistent access
Johanna Key, Donna Burnett, Jeganathan Ramesh Babu, Thangiah Geetha   +3 more
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The development of a healthy eating indicator shopping basket tool (HEISB) for use in food access studies—identification of key food items [PDF]

, 2007
Objectives To develop an objective, nutrient-based, healthy eating indicator shopping basket (HEISB) tool for use in studies of access to healthy food.
Taylor, M, J Dewar, Cummins, Steven, Taylor, Mathew, Dewar, J, Marshall, David, Cummins, S., Marshall, D, Sparks, L, Dewar, J., J Dawson, Dewar, John, Anderson, Annie S, Sparks, Leigh, Anderson, A. S.; id_orcid, Marshall, D., D Marshall, S Cummins, M Taylor, Taylor, M., Dawson, J., AS Anderson, Dawson, J, L Sparks, Dawson, John, Sparks, L., Cummins, S, Anderson, As   +27 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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The food retail environment and area deprivation in Glasgow City [PDF]

, 2009
It has previously been suggested that deprived neighbourhoods within modern cities have poor access to general amenities, for example, fewer food retail outlets. Here we examine the distribution of food retailers by deprivation in the City of Glasgow, UK.
Macdonald Laura, Laura Macdonald, Ellaway Anne, Sally Macintyre, Ellaway, A,, Anne Ellaway, Macintyre, S., Macintyre Sally, Macdonald, L.   +8 more
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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, Apparicio Philippe, Shearmur Richard   +2 more
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The impact of a community-based food skills intervention on cooking confidence food preparation methods and dietary choices – an exploratory trial [PDF]

, 2007
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of undertaking a food skills intervention study in areas of social deprivation aimed at altering cooking confidence, food preparation methods and dietary choices.
Longbottom, Pat J, Dowler, E., Lang , Tim, Caraher, M., Wrieden, Wendy L, Wrieden, W. L., Anderson, A. S., Valentine, Karen, Gray, Bill, Valentine, K., Stead, Martine, Anderson, Annie S., Caraher, Martin, Longbottom, Pat J., Dowler, Elizabeth, Longbottom, P. J., Stead, M., Lang, T., Wrieden, Wendy L., Lang, Tim, Anderson, Annie S, Anderson, Annie S.; id_orcid, Gray, B.   +22 more
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Mapping the evolution of 'food deserts' in a Canadian city: Supermarket accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961–2005

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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