英国达勒姆县的食品零售点:实用性横截面研究
1Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|August 28, 2015
概括
居民面临健康食品获取障碍, 金融和交通问题影响购物. 当地食物选择减少和外卖的过剩加剧了这些挑战, 特别是对于弱势群体.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 城市规划
- 食品研究
背景情况:
- 建立了社会经济贫困,肥胖和饮食质量差之间的联系.
- 越来越多的人对食物沙漠感兴趣,
- 专注于英国的达勒姆县,评估食品零售的可及性.
研究的目的:
- 评估达勒姆县的食品零售店的可访问性.
- 考虑实际的可用性,可负担性和可用的食物的范围/质量.
- 调查食物获取,贫困和肥胖之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 使用城市调查和食品企业数据库进行横截面研究.
- 对贫困,肥胖,零售和外卖店的绘制.
- 通过汽车和公共交通工具测量到超市的旅行时间.
- 分析了8个社区焦点小组和街头调查.
主要成果:
- 大多数居民每周购物,主要是在超市,旅行时间短 (≤15分钟),使用汽车.
- 总体上对食品店的满意度很高,但财务限制和运输不便是很大的障碍.
- 专注小组发现当地食物供应有所下降,外卖增加,残疾人,全职工作者,老年人和有孩子的家庭的食物供应减少.
结论:
- 调查结果表明需要涉及个人行为变化,规划,政策和食品零售行业的干预措施,以改善食品获取.
- 使用多种研究方法 (三角测量),但结论受到实用数据收集方法的影响.
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