Exploring the geography of food deserts and potential association with obesity in rural British Columbia

The main goal of this study was to investigate whether residents of rural areas especially in deprived communities in BC have reasonable geographic access to healthy and affordable food providers (e.g., supermarkets, grocery stores, and farmers’ markets), and if lack of access impacts their weight s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behjat, Amirmohsen
Other Authors: Ostry, Aleck S.
Language:English
en
Published: 2016
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7658