Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "food environment"
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Determinants of Immigrant Food Security: An Examination of the Food Environment in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-15)This study aimed to explore the role of the food environment in shaping immigrants’ access to food and ultimately their health. A growing body of research is examining the influence of food environments—defined as everything ... -
Spatial and spatio-temporal analyses of neighborhood retail food environments: evidence for food planning and interventions
(University of Waterloo, 2016-11-25)The food system has been increasingly recognized as an indispensable component in professional planning in Canada. As its retailing part, the Retail Food Environment (RFE) has recently gained considerable attention, since ...