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FOOD DESERTS AND MINORITY POPULATION IN AKRON, OHIO

ALNASRALLAH, MOHAMMAD A
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352329178

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2012, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Geography.
The concept of food desert is becoming important in the United States and other developed countries. Academics, policy makers, and community groups use this term to identify populated urban and rural areas where residents do not have access to healthy diets. Issues concerning how people consume food in developed countries are not just about supply, demand, or distribution. Rather, the recent focus in developed countries has been on what types of food and the quality of food people consume. Public health literature suggests that the price and accessibility of fresh food may be an important factor along with neighborhood environment and residents’ diet quality when considering the issue of, for example, obesity. With access only to unhealthy food choices in neighborhoods that lack access to healthy food, or food deserts, residents may face negative changes in their diets. These changes may lead to obesity and other related health problems such as heart attacks, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and a suit of related chronic health issues. High rates of obesity are usually found in neighborhoods with the lowest incomes and with the lowest education level. The method developed for the identification of a food desert will be based on those reported in the literature plus modifications needed for the study area. The implementation of the method will provide a basis to compare their outcome with these reported in other studies. The comparison will facilitate a discussion that may lead to further exploring the inclusion and weighting of various socio-economic characteristics of neighborhoods for future studies. GIS techniques such as, network analysis closest facility and geographically weighted regression are used in this study to detect and explore the area of food desert as well as making comparison between different ethnic groups.
JAY LEE (Advisor)
Emariana Taylor (Committee Member)
Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley (Committee Member)
76 p.
Geography
food desert; GIS; Geography; Obesity; Minority population; fast food; fresh food outlets; non-fresh food outlets

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  • ALNASRALLAH, M. A. (2012). FOOD DESERTS AND MINORITY POPULATION IN AKRON, OHIO [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352329178

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • ALNASRALLAH, MOHAMMAD. FOOD DESERTS AND MINORITY POPULATION IN AKRON, OHIO. 2012. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352329178.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • ALNASRALLAH, MOHAMMAD. "FOOD DESERTS AND MINORITY POPULATION IN AKRON, OHIO." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352329178

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