Although there has been increasing focus in recent years on interdisciplinary approaches to
health and disease, and in particular the dimension of social inequalities in epidemics …

This study investigated the influence of the proximity to wet markets and supermarkets on
urban household dietary diversity in Nanjing. Based on the data collected through a citywide …

Disparities in fresh food accessibility are an important topic in health geography. Existing
studies focus on the spatial component of food accessibility and are mostly conducted in …

Objective: To examine food and beverage purchasing patterns across formal and informal
outlets among Mexican households' and explore differences by urbanicity and income …

Wet markets play an important role in urban food security in many Asian countries. Although
the American Planning Association (APA) proposed in 2007 that food planning should focus …

What are consumers aiming to get when they buy fresh meat? Is it the emotional pleasure,
the nutritional quality and functionality, or the status that goes with it? We examine this …

Modern food systems have achieved great success in efficiency and productivity. Long food
chains with many food miles and nodes emphasize food processing, packaging, and …

The Hungry Cities Food Purchases Matrix (HCFPM) has been developed for contextualizing
household food sourcing behaviour within the urban food system. This paper discusses the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the process of supermarketization in the
vegetable retail sector in China and its impact on food safety. Design/methodology/approach …

Rapid urbanization in Africa has been accompanied by a major transformation in national
and local food systems. This in-depth report on South African supermarkets in Namibia …