A Study Of Access To Nutritious And Affordable Food
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A Study Of Access To Nutritious And Affordable Food
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
A Study Of Access To Nutritious And Affordable Food written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Diet categories.
The intent of the study was to determine the types of strategies underserved communities employed to improve the availability of quality food at reasonable prices. Information was obtained through an extensive review of the literature and a survey of individuals with some expertise in food access. The report provides a review of access strategies employed by communities across the country. The appendices contain the supporting documentation for the final report.
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food Measuring And Understanding Food Deserts And Their Consequences
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Author : Michele Ver Ploeg
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010-02
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food Measuring And Understanding Food Deserts And Their Consequences written by Michele Ver Ploeg and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02 with Health & Fitness categories.
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directed the U.S. Dept. of Agr. to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, identify characteristics and causes of such areas, consider how limited access affects local populations, and outline recommend. to address the problem. This report presents the findings of the study, which include results from two conferences of national and internat. authorities on food deserts and a set of research studies. It also includes reviews of existing literature, a national-level assessment of access to large grocery stores and supermarkets, analysis of the economic and public health effects of limited access, and a discussion of existing policy interventions. Illus.
Study Of Access To Nutritious And Affordable Food Report Appendices And Bibliography
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Author : DIANE Publishing Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-07
Study Of Access To Nutritious And Affordable Food Report Appendices And Bibliography written by DIANE Publishing Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07 with categories.
A descriptive study focusing on communities that identified access to food as an issue. It regards access as the availability of a variety of nutritious and affordable foods from stores and markets that are well-maintained and that offer products reflecting the cultural make-up of the community. The intent of this report was to determine the types of strategies these underserved communities employed to reduce or eliminate barriers to access and to assess the effectiveness of each strategy. Information was obtained through an extensive review of the literature and a survey of individuals with some expertise in food access.
Cost And Affordability Of Healthy Diets Across And Within Countries
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Author : Herforth, A., Bai, Y., Venkat, A., Mahrt, K., Ebel, A. & Masters, W.A.
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2020-12-12
Cost And Affordability Of Healthy Diets Across And Within Countries written by Herforth, A., Bai, Y., Venkat, A., Mahrt, K., Ebel, A. & Masters, W.A. and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Price and affordability are key barriers to accessing sufficient, safe, nutritious food to meet dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. In this study, the least-cost items available in local markets are identified to estimate the cost of three diet types: energy sufficient, nutrient adequate, and healthy (meeting food-based dietary guidelines). For price and availability the World Bank’s International Comparison Program (ICP) dataset is used, which provides food prices in local currency units (LCU) for 680 foods and non-alcoholic beverages in 170 countries in 2017. In addition, country case studies are developed with national food price datasets in United Republic of Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana and Myanmar. The findings reveal that healthy diets by any definition are far more expensive than the entire international poverty line of USD 1.90, let alone the upper bound portion of the poverty line that can credibly be reserved for food of USD 1.20. The cost of healthy diets exceeds food expenditures in most countries in the Global South. The findings suggest that nutrition education and behaviour change alone will not substantially improve dietary consumption where nutrient adequate and healthy diets, even in their cheapest form, are unaffordable for the majority of the poor. To make healthy diets cheaper, agricultural policies, research, and development need to shift toward a diversity of nutritious foods.
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food Updated Estimates Of Distance To Supermarkets Using 2010 Data
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Author : United States Department of Agriculture
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-18
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food Updated Estimates Of Distance To Supermarkets Using 2010 Data written by United States Department of Agriculture and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-18 with categories.
Efforts to encourage Americans to improve their diets and to eat more nutritious foods presume that a wide variety of these foods are accessible to everyone. But for some Americans and in some communities, access to healthy foods may be limited. This report updates population estimates of indicators of spatial access to healthy and affordable foods in the United States using population data from the 2010 Census, income and vehicle availability data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey, and a 2010 directory of supermarkets. Spatial access to healthy and affordable food is proxied by measuring the distance to the nearest supermarket for the overall U.S. population and for sub-populations including households without vehicles, populations with low incomes, and populations that live in low-income areas. These updated data reflect recent changes in population characteristics, the economy, and the location of supermarkets. An estimated 9.7 percent of the total population, or 29.7 million people, live in low-income areas more than 1 mile from a supermarket. However, most households that are far from a supermarket have vehicles: only 1.8 percent of all households (2.1 million households) live more than 1 mile from a supermarket and do not have a vehicle. Estimated distance to the nearest three supermarkets is an indicator of the choices available to consumers and the level of competition among stores. Estimates show that half of the U.S. population lives within 2 miles of three supermarkets.
The State Of Food Security And Nutrition In The World 2020
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Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
language : en
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Release Date : 2020-07-01
The State Of Food Security And Nutrition In The World 2020 written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and has been published by Food & Agriculture Org. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-01 with Political Science categories.
Updates for many countries have made it possible to estimate hunger in the world with greater accuracy this year. In particular, newly accessible data enabled the revision of the entire series of undernourishment estimates for China back to 2000, resulting in a substantial downward shift of the series of the number of undernourished in the world. Nevertheless, the revision confirms the trend reported in past editions: the number of people affected by hunger globally has been slowly on the rise since 2014. The report also shows that the burden of malnutrition in all its forms continues to be a challenge. There has been some progress for child stunting, low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding, but at a pace that is still too slow. Childhood overweight is not improving and adult obesity is on the rise in all regions. The report complements the usual assessment of food security and nutrition with projections of what the world may look like in 2030, if trends of the last decade continue. Projections show that the world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and, despite some progress, most indicators are also not on track to meet global nutrition targets. The food security and nutritional status of the most vulnerable population groups is likely to deteriorate further due to the health and socio economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report puts a spotlight on diet quality as a critical link between food security and nutrition. Meeting SDG 2 targets will only be possible if people have enough food to eat and if what they are eating is nutritious and affordable. The report also introduces new analysis of the cost and affordability of healthy diets around the world, by region and in different development contexts. It presents valuations of the health and climate-change costs associated with current food consumption patterns, as well as the potential cost savings if food consumption patterns were to shift towards healthy diets that include sustainability considerations. The report then concludes with a discussion of the policies and strategies to transform food systems to ensure affordable healthy diets, as part of the required efforts to end both hunger and all forms of malnutrition.
Three Different Studies Of The Complexity Of Food Access
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Author : Bilal Caliskan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Three Different Studies Of The Complexity Of Food Access written by Bilal Caliskan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Food service purchasing categories.
The lack of access to affordable and healthy food is cited as a significant reason for health disparities in society and threatens public health. For decades, trends in the urbanization and food retail sector have left a considerable part of the society deprived of affordable and healthy food outlets in their neighborhoods. This is especially the case for low-income groups and people of color. In addition to the uneven spatial distribution of healthy and affordable food outlets, defining food access in itself is a very complex task. This complexity makes developing strategies to solve food access issues in society challenging. People’s or households’ decisions regarding where to shop, how far to travel, and what to purchase, as well as different individual and household attributes, ranging from where they live to how much they value diet, are all important. Hence, the following dissertation aims to examine the different characteristics that impact where households shop, how far they travel, and what they purchase. The goal is to broaden our understanding of food access. The dissertation includes three different studies using information from the USDA’s National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) dataset. Specifically, the first study addresses food store choice of shoppers, including their ability to access the nearest healthy store (supermarket/superstore), unhealthy stores (gas station, convenience store, dollar store), and other healthy stores (specialty stores, farmers’ markets, medium to large grocery stores). The first study highlights how price and distance matter for selecting the nearest healthy store. When the nearest healthy store is a far distance, shoppers are driven to purchase at nearby stores, which may be unhealthy or small healthy stores, such as a grocery store. The second study examines factors that affect the distances household travel for food. The surrounding food environment is associated with total real traveled miles for all purchases: meat, dairy, and vegetable and fruit-based purchases. Based on what shoppers will purchase in a shopping event, the role of the surrounding food environment in determining traveled distances changes considering certain household characteristics. Low-income households travel farther to find more affordable prices, whereas high-income households traveled further for quality, variety, and brand reasons. The third study examines the household expenditures on non-ready-to-eat food. This study shows that living close to fast-food/non-fast-food restaurants affects expenditures on non-ready-to-eat food for low-educated, low-income, high-income, and low-employed populations. Paying higher prices for food including ready-to-eat and non-ready-to-eat decreases non-ready-to-eat food percentages for low-income, low-educated, and low-employed populations. The findings from these three studies have some policy implications targeting improving affordable and healthy food access in society. Customers will not necessarily choose the closest healthy food store. Thus, certain policies should be developed to target neighborhood supermarkets, especially in the low-income areas, in order to sell healthy foods (meat, dairy, or vegetables & fruit) at lower prices. Moreover, quantity but also the quality of the surrounding supermarkets/superstores matters in meeting the food demands of residents. Policies for building a new supermarket should also consider the quality, variety, and cultural aspects (especially in immigrant and non-White-dominated neighborhoods) of the food products offered in the new supermarket. Furthermore, building a new supermarket strategy should be supported by other strategies for increasing the healthiness and affordability features of existing nearby food outlets.
Food Shopping Patterns And Geographic Access To Food
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Author : Mary Henderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Food Shopping Patterns And Geographic Access To Food written by Mary Henderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with categories.
The National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) is the first survey to collect unique and comprehensive data about food purchases and acquisitions for a nationally representative sample of U.S. households. This book compares shopping patterns of (1) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households to low- and higher income nonparticipant households, (2) participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to nonparticipants, and (3) food-insecure to food-secure households. Ensuring that Americans have adequate access to food is an important policy goal. In the 2008 Farm Bill, the U.S. Congress directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) to learn more about food access limitations. The book examines SNAP households' geographic access. Furthermore, efforts to encourage Americans to improve their diets and to eat more nutritious foods presume that a wide variety of these foods are accessible to everyone. But for some Americans and in some communities, access to healthy foods may be limited. The book concludes with updates on population estimates of indicators of spatial access to healthy and affordable foods in the United States using population data from the 2010 Census, income and vehicle availability data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey, and a 2010 directory of supermarkets.
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food
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Author : Michele Ver Ploeg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Access To Affordable And Nutritious Food written by Michele Ver Ploeg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Diet categories.
This report updates and expands [the 2009] analysis with data from the 2010 Census, the 2006-2010 American Community Survey (ACS), and an updated list of stores from 2010. The analysis in this report is important because the past decade has seen substantial changes in population characteristics such as an aging population, migration and immigration, and wide swings in the economic well-being of families amid a 3-year recession. The development and placement of food retail stores of all types have responded to market, population, and economic conditions. Our analysis estimates supermarket access for the overall population and for those without vehicles, both in low-income and moderate/high-income areas.
Food And Public Health
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Author : Allison Karpyn
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-30
Food And Public Health written by Allison Karpyn and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-30 with Medical categories.
A new introduction to public health's most elemental topic Food is baked in to most things that public health is and does. But for a field charged with carrying torches as divergent as anti-hunger and anti-obesity, it's unlikely, even impossible, to shape a unified approach to complex concepts like food environment, food access, or even nutrition. Food and Public Health offers a contextualized, accessible introduction to understanding the foundations (and contradictions) at the intersection of these two topics. It distills the historical, political, sociological, and scientific factors influencing what we eat and where our food comes from, then offers actionable insights for future nutritionists, social workers, dietitians, and researchers in public health. Guiding the reader through more than a century of food-focused regulation, policy, and education, Food and Public Health is an essential introduction to: · food production and availability on a global and neighborhood scale · dietary guidelines, agricultural subsidies, rationing, and other attempts by governments to shape their citizens' diets · best practices in health promotion and chronic disease prevention · food insecurity and its paradoxical role as driver of both hunger and obesity Enriched with real-world examples and case studies, Food and Public Health offers a crucial link between kitchen tables and populations for the classroom.