KINE 1000 Study Guide - Food Desert, Food Security, Arcgis

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: Hernan Humana

Document Summary

Food insecurity inadequate or insecure access to food in the context of financial constraints . Food desert reading is a serious health problem. Little neighbourhood characteristics in relation to the problem: local area food environment, neighbourhood social capital. Food desert poor access to healthy food. Low-income neighbourhoods usually have many fast food stores: low income areas in inner-city neighbours have the poorest access to supermarkets by walking but do have public transportation. This study did not look at neighbourhood features or household level-food purchasing. Australian study show associations between perceptions of local food availability, accessibility and affording and frequency of fruit and fast food consumption among women. Many programmes to help offset problems of household food security community kitchens, community gardens, food banks tend to be in low-income neighbourhoods but proximity to these programmes to household food security status is not known.