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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Food Deserts"”.
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Starved: Food Deserts in the Mississippi Delta
This thesis examines the impact of food deserts on obesity, and builds a case for additional research on rural food deserts independent from urban ones. The Mississippi Delta consistently presents the highest obesity rates within the state, yet both the third unhealthiest county (Quitman) and the …
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Rethinking Food Deserts: the practice and politics of food access
Food deserts, low-income communities with low access to healthy, affordable foods, have received rapidly increasing attention in recent years from academic researchers, policy makers, and activists. Many studies have linked food deserts to increased rates of obesity and their related health …
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Geography of urban food access : exploring potential causes of food deserts
We believe we understand food deserts, but we do not. In the last decade the phenomenon of food deserts has been often discussed, and many solutions are proposed to alleviate food access issues in American cities. However, I argue that the efficacy of these solutions is questionable until the …
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Food deserts and household food insecurity in the informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia
… the causes and consequences of poverty and food insecurity in the growing informal settlements of Windhoek, Namibia. Rapid urbanization in Windhoek has been accompanied by limited industrialization with few job opportunities in the formal employment sector. Moreover, the informal sector has …
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The Public Market System of New Orleans: Food Deserts, Food Security, and Food Politics
… New Orleans public markets, the privatization of food, and the "greening" of the city with the creation of the Crescent City Farmers Market and other grass roots food activist efforts. Using qualitative methods, ethnographic fieldwork, participant observation and interviewing, issues of food …
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As the Crow Flies: An Underrepresentation of Food Deserts in the Rural Appalachian Mountains
… is one key influence and its relationship with food choice, behaviors, and socioeconomic influences is complex. Within the structure of the nutrition environment, food access and socioeconomic status compound influencing nutrition behavior and food choice.</p><p>Food deserts are defined as …
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Sprawling Fields and Food Deserts: An ontological exploration of food and farming systems in Ohio
… in the United States and yet Ohioans experience food insecurity at a rate two percent higher than the national average. An analysis of Ohio's agricultural sector in relation to the current global food system suggests that the neoliberal imaginary orders social and ecological relations at both the …
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If You Build It, Will They Come, and What Will They Eat? Investigating Supermarket Development in Food Deserts
… to full-service supermarkets, commonly called "food deserts." These often have disproportionately high rates of poverty and minority residents, raising additional issues for local officials and advocates. Widespread research has also documented associations between poor access to supermarkets …
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Increasing Equitable Food Access Within Food Deserts in Urban Areas: A Case Study of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
… disparities are pronounced. The locations of food deserts, or unhealthy food environments, correspond to areas with the highest proportions of minority residents, populations suffering from higher rates of many chronic conditions, including obesity and diabetes. As well, food deserts tend to …
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Food deserts, crime, and neighborhood context: an examination of the impact of food insecurity on violent crime in Little Rock
… the indirect and direct relationships between food insecurity, concentrated disadvantage, and distribution of violent offenders through the lens of social disorganization. Data gathered by the Little Rock Police Department, American Community Survey, and city business license records are used …
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The impact of food geography on consumer and producer welfare
I study the interactions between food prices, food retail environment and food demand. Given the rising debate on how to improve the quality of food purchases and consumption by changing the food geography in the United States, the overall goal of my dissertation is to understand the nature, causes …
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Between the Lines : A Farm to Table Community
… which primarily offer packaged and unhealthy food options, affect the health of the residents? Food deserts are typically defined as urban areas where it is challenging to access affordable and high-quality fresh food. According to the USDA, a food desert is an area where 100 households are …
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Upscaling resilience: Waste as a resource
… issue of privatized space in relation to food deserts, food waste and food loss which all make a contribution to food security. The context under investigation provided unique opportunities that allowed for the aforementioned issues to be explored due to the presence of urban challenges …
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Exploration of Differences in Food Environment Perceptions and Shopping Behaviors among Residents of Low Food Access Versus High Food Access Areas
… unhealthful dietary behaviors. Limited access to food outlets, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, is a major problem for many low income populations.</p> <p>Purpose: We explored potential differences in healthy food availability perceptions and food shopping behaviors between residents …
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Utilizing geographic information systems to examine the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in food oasis and food desert in Wayne County, MI
<p>In the last few decades, the concept of a <em>food desert</em> has captured the attention of the public and academia. Research has referred to <em>food desert</em> as an area with lack of access to adequate healthy food, especially for those without a vehicle or who live more than ¼ mile walking …
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Growing Support: Localism, Nonprofits, and Food Access in Post-Katrina New Orleans
<p>Problems with food insecurity, such as a lack of access to healthy and affordable food in low-income neighborhoods, has been an ongoing challenge in New Orleans. The damages inflicted by Hurricane Katrina and subsequent citywide flooding on the local food system reduced the numerical count of …
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Educational Farms as Tools for Advancing Youth Well-Being in Underrepresented Food Desert Communities
Food insecurity represents a significant public health crisis affecting individuals across the United States, with food deserts, areas lacking access to nutritious food due to transportation barriers and absence of grocery stores serving as primary contributors to this challenge. This issue …
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Feeding the South: An Assessment of Food Availability in Rural Mississippi
… project is to investigate Mississippi’s rural food environment by assessing the food resources available to rural Mississippians. The primary objectives were to identify sample locations in each of the four cultural regions of Mississippi and determine the food resources available to residents …
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Edible Praxis: Negotiating the Politics of Food and Culture in an Urban Food Desert
… dissertation examines how residents in an urban food desert negotiate the promises of alternative food against the lived experience of trauma. By focusing on the particularities of this site, my research offers a deep cultural reading on the meaning, memory, and movement of food in a space where …
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Exploring the Role of the Mixed Methods Approach in Facilitating an Improved Understanding of Food Access in Masiphumelele
This thesis focuses on the food environment of Masiphumelele and seeks to understand how mixed-method approaches could be employed to facilitate an advanced understanding of food access in Masiphumelele. Masiphumelele was chosen as the case study for this research project as this work is sponsored …
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