Buffalo Residents Work to Increase Access to Healthy Food, Exercise
September 7, 2011 | Story
Winning Strategies in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity.
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Re/Storing Nashville
August 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
Re/Storing Nashville sought to address lack of access to healthy foods and childhood obesity in three Nashville neighborhoods by increasing residents' access to full-service grocery stores.
Re/Storing Nashville
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
In Nashville, a coalition of faith leaders seeks to improve health and prevent obesity by ensuring access to healthy foods in three underserved neighborhoods without quality grocery stores.
Principles for Framing a Healthy Food System
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A healthy food system is one in which everyone has daily access to a diet that allows for a full life, that does not deplete natural resources and allows for a sustainable livelihood by those involved with all aspects of food production. The author suggests seven principles that could be used in moving the United States toward a markedly improved food system.
A New Light Rail Line with Stops in Low-Income Neighborhoods
August 4, 2010 | Program Result Report
ISAIAH, a faith-based community organization of 90 congregations, mobilized community activists to promote the links between transportation and access to healthy foods and to bring light-rail stops to low-income neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.
University of Buffalo Professor Encourages Planners to Create Communities That Facilitate Healthy Food Systems and Healthy Eating
February 22, 2010 | Story
Samina Raja's active living research includes a National Institutes of Health grant to study how well an effort to increase physical activity in youth works among children living in areas with high access and in areas with low access to parks.
Physical, Consumer, and Social Aspects of Measuring the Food Environment Among Diverse Low-Income Populations
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the food environment in low-income settings ranging from urban to very remote. It identifies challenges of measuring food environments across these settings and lays out solutions to assess food environments in a robust and practical manner.
Measuring Food Availability and Access in African-American Communities
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the study of food environments in African-American communities. The increase in obesity in the United States disproportionately impacts African-Americans as well as other minority groups.
Faith & Food
August 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati, in partnership with three Avondale neighborhood churches, mobilized a faith-based coalition to advance policies to improve the availability of healthy, affordable foods.
Work Group I
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents the conclusions of a work group charged with improving instrumentation to assess food and activity environments. The paper identifies key challenges and makes recommendations to improve instrumentation in this field.