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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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Food Deserts

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, Heather McIlveen, Christopher Strugnell   +2 more
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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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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
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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
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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
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Food Deserts: Hungry for Answers [PDF]

, 2021
In 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that 23.5 million people in the United States live in food deserts. As defined by the USDA, a “food desert” is a neighborhood that lacks healthy food sources.
Cumberbatch, Lawren
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Autophagy and mitophagy in pancreatic β‐cell homeostasis and their involvement in diabetes pathophysiology

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review focuses on the role of autophagy and mitophagy in maintaining pancreatic β‐cell function and homeostasis. We discuss how genetic defects affecting these pathways contribute to the development of type 1, type 2, monogenic, and gestational diabetes. We further explore their potential as therapeutic targets. Created in BioRender.
Yunkyeong Lee, Mingming Tong, Anna L. Gloyn   +2 more
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