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Development of a Community-Sensitive Strategy to Increase Availability of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Nashville’s Urban Food Deserts, 2010–2012

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, Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN, Tracy Buck, MS, RD, David Campbell, MS, Trevor Henderson, David Schlundt, PhD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do residents of food deserts express different food buying preferences compared to residents of food oases? A mixed-methods analysis

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, Block Jason, Kawachi Ichiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fast Food Restaurant Pricing Strategies in Michigan Food Deserts [PDF]

, 2017
The academic literature primarily focuses on the lack of access to affordable, healthy food in food deserts. However, the behavior of the fast food firms in terms of promotions and pricing within food deserts is not well understood.
Weatherspoon, Dave D., Leschewski, Andrea Marie   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Quality Turn of Food Deserts into Food Oases in European Cities: Market Opportunities for Local Producers

Agriculture
The 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, Emel Karakaya Ayalp, Sevim Pelin Öztürk, Luis Manuel Navas-Gracia, Feral Geçer Sargın, Julia Pinedo-Gil   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers’ Markets Help Bring Life To Pittsburgh’s Food Deserts

, 2010
Not all of the earth’s deserts are sandy, arid landscapes - there are also food deserts in cities where residents have difficulty accessing fresh, healthy food.
Manning , Tierney
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of food deserts, 1966-2007. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: "Food deserts," areas characterized by poor access to healthy and affordable food, may contribute to social and spatial disparities in diet and diet-related health outcomes. However, the extent to which food deserts exist is debated.
Beaulac, Julie, Kristjansson, Elizabeth, Cummins, Steven   +2 more
core  

Food Deserts

, 2011
This chapter investigates the physical, social, and economic elements of food access and synthesizes the findings from the extant international literature, specifically exploring how food deserts have been defined and operationalized, and the key ...
Smith, Dianna, Cummins, Steven
core   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

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, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source