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investigate both the drivers of food insecurity in Texas and options to improve food access for Texans across the state.
15 paź 2021 · Given the multi-pronged nature of the intervention, the evaluation included empirical data on healthy food purchasing and consumption and of their potential determinants at the individual, institutional (food retail), and community levels.
26 maj 2014 · The purpose of this paper is three-fold: (1) to describe the food landscape of Texas, including a “hot spot” analysis; (2) to compare border and non-border food environments within the State; and (3) to identify population-level risk factors associated with less healthful food environments, contrasting border with non-border communities.
11 sty 2021 · Eating a healthy diet can be a challenge for people with limited income and/or limited physical access to supermarkets, grocery stores, and other sources of healthy and affordable food. This data brief describes and compares the number of individuals at risk of low food access in Texas, Texas House Districts (HDs), and Texas Senate Districts (SDs).
Our findings demonstrate the current status and future potential of up-to-date crowdsourced, georeferenced data as a complement of official government data, which could serve to extend food access research and guide health policies.
20 gru 2013 · Food access is a critical component of food insecurity, and is often considered a function of a variety of factors, including the spatial proximity to food resources, as well as the affordability, cultural appropriateness, and the nutritional adequacy of available resources.
1 mar 2020 · This paper proposes a geo-big data approach to measuring transit-varying healthy food accessibility and applies it to identify the food deserts within Shenzhen, China.
