Fast-food restaurants (mean = 5.7) were more healthful than sit-down restaurants (mean = 3.1). Individual comparisons showed more healthy eating facilitators (eg, nutrition information at point-of-purchase, P = 0.004) in food deserts and more available healthful items (eg, whole grain bread, ...
Evaluation of the Placement of Mobile Fruit and Vegetable Vendors to Alleviate Food Deserts in New York City INTRODUCTION: In 2008, the New York City (NYC) health department licensed special mobile produce vendors (Green Carts) to increase access to fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods with the...
C. Problems of food deserts and their solutions. D. Importance of grocery planting in poor areas. 43. What can be learned from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4 A. People in rich areas are easier to develop diseases. B. Fast food restaurants care much about people’s health. C. People in lo...
Food insecurity, defined as unreliable and unpredictable access to nutrient-dense foods, is exacerbated by poverty and so-called “food deserts” [25]. One group of researchers estimated food insecurity in AIAN communities nationally by evaluating data from the Current Population Survey Food Security...
The Public Health Effects of Food Deserts: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC, USA: The National Academies Press; 2009. 50. U.S. Green Building ... C Miller,JN Bodor,D Rose - 《Journal of Environmental & Public Health》 被引量: 94发表: 2012年 Impact of parental education and income ineq...
• Food deserts and lower availability of healthy foods • Higher rates of poverty • High rate of uninsured residents Access to care The first step to improving community health and overcoming health disparities is to improve access to primary care. LMH Health Primary Care clinics ha...
For example, in communities in cities in the Global North where “food deserts” (areas of cities in which people cannot access or afford healthy and nutritious foods) are present, UH is a source of healthy food for its’ residents [ 37 , 87 ]. In Detroit, urban gardeners and the ...
Racial discrimination is linked to unhealthy food environments and a higher prevalence of food insecurity. However, no study has explored their interrelated effects. We analyzed the relationship between racial discrimination, community food environment,
leading to the phenomenon of food deserts, often in economically disadvantaged communities (Lee and Lim, 2009; Gatrell et al., 2011), with a negative effect on household food security. Moreover, the nutritional value of food provided by supermarkets: supermarkets and their global food supply chai...
Specifically, the EPA regulates the use of these chemicals individually, so there’s no limit to the number of individual chemicals that can be applied to growing food. We also know that these chemicals can have cumulative effects on the body. Everyone processes these chemicals differently and de...