Neighborhood Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice

Hilmers, Angela; Hilmers, David C.; Dave, Jayna M.

doi:10.2105/ajph.2012.300865

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“…Only for those in the medium or high FAS group was the effect of maternal education evident, possibly due to the fact that low FAS was associated with a lower education level. Maternal education, as an indicator of SES, has been consistently shown to affect children's food choice and disease risk (27,(36)(37)(38)(39)(40) . Given these findings, even families with medium/high FAS should be targeted for health promotion if the level of maternal education is low.…”

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Socio-economic and lifestyle parameters associated with diet quality of children and adolescents using classification and regression tree analysis: the DIATROFI study

Yannakoulia

Lykou

Kastorini

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To explore factors affecting children's and adolescents' diet quality, in the framework of a food aid and promotion of healthy nutrition programme implemented in areas of low socio-economic status of Greece, during the current financial crisis. Design: From a total of 162 schools participating in the programme during 2012-2013, we gathered 15 897 questionnaires recording sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle parameters and dietary habits of children and their families. As a measure of socio-economic status, the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) was used; whereas for the assessment of diet quality, the KIDMED score was computed. Associations between KIDMED and FAS, physical activity and socio-economic parameters were examined using regression and classification-regression tree analysis (CART). Results: The higher the FAS score, the greater the percentage of children and adolescents who reported to consume, on a daily basis, fruits and vegetables, dairy products and breakfast (P < 0·001). Results from CART showed that children and adolescents in the medium or high FAS groups had higher KIDMED score, compared with those in the low FAS group. For those in the low FAS group, KIDMED score is expected to increase by 12·4 % when they spend more than 0·25 h/week in sports activities. The respective threshold for the medium and high FAS groups is 1·75 h/week, while education of the mother and father affected KIDMED score significantly as well. Conclusions: Diet quality is strongly influenced by socio-economic parameters in children and adolescents living in economically disadvantaged areas of Greece, so that lower family affluence is associated with worse diet quality.

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Socio-economic and lifestyle parameters associated with diet quality of children and adolescents using classification and regression tree analysis: the DIATROFI study

Yannakoulia

Lykou

Kastorini

et al. 2015

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“…C5's bodily, emotional and social lives are here intertwined. Food access and health are strong markers of one's socio-economic context [36,37]. It is not only his weight that sparks remarks, but also the fact that carers attribute it to faulty parental food practices that need to be corrected for C5's good.…”

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An Exploratory Study of the Uses of a Multisensory Map—With Visually Impaired Children

Brulé

Bailly

Brock

et al. 2018

MTI

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This paper reports an empirical study of a multisensory map used by visually impaired primary school pupils, to study human habitats and differences between urban, suburban and rural areas using a local example. Using multimodal analysis, we propose to examine how the use of smell and taste shape pupils' engagement and the development of a non-visual knowledge of geography. Our research questions include: How do pupils try to make sense of this unusual material, in conjunction with the tactile, audio and tangible material used in this lesson? How does the special education teacher support the development of these interpretations? Multisensory material has the potential to support experiential and embodied learning: were these promises achieved? Our findings show how this multisensory map reconfigures spatial occupation and interaction dynamics, and that it has the potential to make the classroom more pervasive to pupils' social, spatial and emotional lives. In doing so, it provides opportunities for the teacher to develop citizenship education. The paper provides concrete examples of uses of smell and taste in learning activities to support engagement, and has implications for pedagogical design beyond special education.

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“…Chronic exposure to these factors has the potential to alter the body's regulatory systems, which in turn increases susceptibility to the negative effects of stresses, including food insecurity, domestic and neighborhood violence, inadequate housing, and unemployment [8,9]. This is especially true in individuals who are at higher risk due to genetic predisposition or stressful early-life events as well [4].…”

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A Sociobiological Model of Early Childhood Caries: The Role of Allostatic Load

FitzGerald¹,

Gulvartian²,

Ramos‐Gomez³

et al. 2017

Pediatr Dent Care

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Objective: Even though many factors have been linked to increased ECC risk, few studies have specifically presented this information as a single comprehensive model. The purpose of this paper is to review the scope and usefulness of the proposed conceptual model in guiding future research of ECC risk as it relates to allostatic load. Methods:The various social, behavioural, and biological risk factors that emerge from the cumulative effects of chronic stress, defined as allostatic load, are discussed separately before being incorporated into a single sociobiological model of ECC.Results: In addition to biological realities, children experience profound impacts from their environments and family circumstances. The risk of developing ECC is especially pronounced in socially disadvantaged contexts. This information, as it is presented in the proposed conceptual model, reveals unique allostatic factors that work to increase risk at the level of the individual child, family, community, and society. Giving clinicians an idea of these realities has the capacity to more effectively screen and risk stratify children on the basis of dental health in the hopes of ultimately increasing their overall health as well. Conclusion:The proposed model provides a conceptual framework that relates factors of allostatic load to increased ECC risk. It demonstrates that a population-based, interprofessional collaboration strategy is essential to delivering effective prevention and treatment modalities to at-risk children. Future research regarding translational strategies has the capacity to reduce the prevalence of the biological, developmental, and psychosocial risk factors and thus ECC as a whole.

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Neighborhood Disparities in Access to Healthy Foods and Their Effects on Environmental Justice

Cited by 447 publications

References 80 publications

Socio-economic and lifestyle parameters associated with diet quality of children and adolescents using classification and regression tree analysis: the DIATROFI study

Socio-economic and lifestyle parameters associated with diet quality of children and adolescents using classification and regression tree analysis: the DIATROFI study

An Exploratory Study of the Uses of a Multisensory Map—With Visually Impaired Children

A Sociobiological Model of Early Childhood Caries: The Role of Allostatic Load

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