Measuring food access in Melbourne: Access to healthy and fast foods by car, bus and foot in an urban municipality in Melbourne
Measuring food access in Melbourne: Access to healthy and fast foods by car, bus and foot in an urban municipality in Melbourne
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DOI：
10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.02.005
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
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4.8
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Inglis, A. D.
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作者：
Burns, C. M.;Inglis, A. D.
获得健康食品可能是健康饮食的一个重要决定因素。本文介绍了评估获得健康和不健康的食品使用GIS的无障碍方案在一个大的外城市的墨尔本。使用大型超市作为获得健康饮食的替代品，使用快餐店作为获得不健康食品的替代品。我们的研究结果表明，大多数（>80%）居民居住在距离大型超市8-10分钟车程的范围内，即能够很好地获得健康饮食。然而，更多的贫民区更接近超市，相反，较少的贫民区更接近快餐店。这些发现对城市规划者、公共卫生从业人员和政策制定者具有应用价值。(C)2007爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Access to healthy food can be an important determinant of a healthy diet. This paper describes the assessment of access to healthy and unhealthy foods using a GIS accessibility programme in a large outer municipality of Melbourne. Access to a major supermarket was used as a proxy for access to a healthy diet and fast food outlet as proxy for access to unhealthy food. Our results indicated that most (>80%) residents lived within an 8-10 min car journey of a major supermarket i.e. have good access to a healthy diet. However, more advantaged areas had closer access to supermarkets, conversely less advantaged areas had closer access to fast food outlets. These findings have application for urban planners, public health practitioners and policy makers. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.