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Access to healthy foods: part I
— Barriers to accessing healthy foods: differentials by gender, social class, income and mode of transport | | Author(s) | Martin Caraher, Paul Dixon, Tim Lang |
| Journal title | Health Education Journal, vol 57, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 191-201 |
| Keywords | Food ; Diet ; Consumer choice ; Poor elderly ; Economic status [elderly] ; Social class ; Transport services ; Shops ; Accessibility ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Data from the Health Education Authority (HEA) 1993 Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS) is used to examine issues of access to food, the influences people face when shopping for a healthy food basket, and barriers faced in access to a healthy diet. The main findings are that access to food is primarily determined by income, and this in turn is closely related to physical resources available to access healthy food. There is also a class bias: poor people have less access to a car, find it harder to get to out-of-town shopping centres, and thus are less able to carry and transport food in bulk. Most people shop in supermarkets, as they report that local shops provide limited choice and quality of food. In tackling food poverty and promoting healthy eating, health promotion practice needs to consider these structural issues, as opposed to relying on psycho-social models of education based on the provision of information and choice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981020219 A |
| Classmark | YP: CFD: WYC: F:W6: F:W: T: O: WWE: 5CA: 3F |
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