Healthy Foods in Urban Communities
Issues of access to healthy foods, proper nutrition, and child obesity in urban communities have emerged as crucial in the past few years.
A public engagement symposium on Healthy Foods in Minneapolis Urban Communities: Economic, Policy, and Community Strategies to Improve Healthy Food Access was held in March 2006 in Minneapolis. It brought together researchers and community leaders to identify and discuss issues related to healthy food access in lower income Minneapolis communties. An introduction by Simone French was followed by presentations by Ephraim Leibtag, Jean Kinsey, Ken Meter, and John Seltzer. Community presenters included Bernadette Longo, Angela Dawson, and Theresa Carr.
The slides from this symposium are now available on the obesity prevention center website:
http://www.obesityprevention.umn.edu/obp/rescenter/presentations.html.
These presentations, in pdf format, are large and may take a while to download. However, they are full of important information and analysis, and worth careful attention.