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Systematic review on the use of cost-benefit analysis to evaluate food environment interventions. [PDF]

open access: yesExpert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res
Osifowora B, Fu L, Oppong R, Frew E.
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What Is There to Buy? An Analysis of the Food Environment in Public and Private Schools in the Federal District. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health
Araújo GS   +4 more
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Food and Environment

Journal of Clinical and Medical Case Reports and Reviews, 2022
The food system includes materials, processes and infrastructures related to agriculture, trade, retail, transport and consumption of food products. Like water and energy, food is a basic human need. In addition to availability, it is necessary for food to be of high quality, diverse, accessible, safe for consumption and affordable.
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The Food Environment

2017
The Food Environment encompasses how food is produced and processed, how and to where it is transported, and where and how it is sold and consumed. The chapter evaluates the environmental issues along each of these food system pathways. These include the shifting patterns of agriculture in Los Angeles (and California), Hong Kong, and Mainland China ...
Robert Gottlieb, Simon Ng
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Food and the environment

Environmental Management and Health, 1995
In less developed countries there are chronic food shortages and scarcity of arable land and water, coupled with increasing population. Widespread irrigation permits more intensive agriculture, but fertility is decreased and outbreaks of fluorosis and arsenic poisoning have occurred.
A.E. Bender, D.A. Bender
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Obesogenic environments: exploring the built and food environments

Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, 2006
Obesity is a significant health and social problem which has reached pandemic levels. The obesogenicity of an environment has been defined as ‘the sum of influences that the surroundings, opportunities, or conditions of life have on promoting obesity in individuals or populations’.
Lake AA, Townshend T
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Food, Health, and the Urban Environment

Reviews on Environmental Health, 2000
Both the production and the consumption of food should help reduce the risk of food-borne and non-communicable disease and prevent micro-nutrient deficiency. That a safe healthy diet can also be environmentally sound is a bonus. Growing foods that promote health in an environment near to consumers can contribute to reduced fuel consumption, pollution ...
R M, Pederson, A, Robertson, H, de Zeeuw
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Food and Environment

2018
Recent studies related the link between food consumption and impacts on environment and health. These may present variations according to the dietary patterns of different populations. This chapter assesses the impacts of six dietary patterns while emphasizing protein overconsumption and sustainability of food systems in a world where one billion ...
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