The changing landscape of food deserts and swamps in Flanders, Belgium
Abstract Introduction For decades, people's body weight has been increasing at alarming rates, leading to a worldwide obesity epidemic. One of the main causes of this obesity epidemic is poor diet quality. The food environment has been suspected to be one of the principal drivers of poor diet quality. Older people and families with a poor socioeconomic background can be disproportionately affected. Methods This study maps the food environment in Flanders between 2008 and 2020 by using the concepts of food deserts and food swamps. Food deserts have been defined as neighborhoods that lack access... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | European Journal of Public Health ; volume 32, issue Supplement_3 ; ISSN 1101-1262 1464-360X |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Public Health / Environmental and Occupational Health |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27472237 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.758 |