Local Food Environments
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4665-6778-8 (ISBN)
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The book describes the current body of research surrounding these associations and presents the methodological issues pertinent to this area of public health. Evidence from these studies is placed in context of current and past American food policies that have supported the existing food retail market including the production and retailing of foods and ways in which the consolidation of the food system has affected Americans. Research conducted regarding local food environments in Canada has also been included as a point of comparison.
Methods are discussed as well as the current state of knowledge regarding factors associated with disparities between local food environments, the effect of these disparities on the diets of residents within those communities, and the impact that local food environments have on diet-related health outcomes, such as obesity. Also described are solutions garnered to minimize local food environment inequalities currently being conducted by federal, state, and local government agencies.
Although this book focuses on US local food environments, similar issues regarding access to food are concurrently taking place outside of the US. In all chapters, readers are encouraged to critically consider the current research methods as well as recent programs and policies that aim to address local food environments.
Kimberly B. Morland is an associate professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She obtained her PhD in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Morland has developed new epidemiologic methods for geographically based data collection and analysis to investigate associations between neighborhood environments and residents’ behaviors that have been replicated by investigators in areas across the United States and other countries. They have also been used by community-based organizations to support local changes to commercial environments. Dr. Morland has served on a number of national and local review panels, worked with community-based organizations, and implemented one of the first interventions to address food access by developing a community-owned and community-operated food store in Brooklyn. Her research focuses on the impact of local environments on health.
Introduction. U.S. Agricultural Policies and the U.S. Food Industry: Production to Retail. Environmental Injustice Connects Local Food Environments with Global Food Production. Geography of Local Food Environments: People and Places. Local Food Environments and Dietary Intake. Local Food Environments and Diet-Related Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Local Food Environments, Body Weight, and Other Diet-Related Health Outcomes. Measurement and Analytical Issues Involved in the Estimation of the Effects of Local Food Environments on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes. Local Food Environments Outside of the United States—A Look to the North: Examining Food Environments in Canada. State-Level Interventions: Pennsylvania’s Fresh Food Financing Initiative. Ecological Approaches to Creating Healthy Local Food Environments in the United States: Push and Pull Forces. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.9.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 657 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4665-6778-3 / 1466567783 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4665-6778-8 / 9781466567788 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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