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5 Effect of Food, Agriculture, and Transportation Systems on Urban Population Health
5 Effect of Food, Agriculture, and Transportation Systems on Urban Population Health
Pages 53-60
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. • Redirecting subsidies away from corn production and toward production of low cost, healthy alternatives; restricting marketing of ultra-processed foods; and requiring labels that include both nutritional and sustainability information are ways to provide healthier diets for obesity prevention, more land for sustain able agriculture, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and transport of ultra-processed foods (Dietz)
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Dietz explained examples of how this syndemic operates: Increased greenhouse gases produced largely by agricultural systems, which account for 23 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, increase temperature, rainfall variability, and instances of extreme weather, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. These variations, in turn, affect crop yields, reduce the nutritional content of foods, and trigger price increases, all of which combine to alter nutritional status.
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Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, The George Washington University; adapted from The global syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and climate change; Lancet 2019; 10173:791–846. et al., 2019; Mozaffarian et al., 2011; PAHO, 2019)
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Steps in that direction include redesigning infrastructure to support physical and public transport systems, reducing subsidies for fossil fuel production, increasing gasoline taxes, and engaging in social marketing. POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS The harmful use of alcohol is a global problem, began Allison G oldberg (AB InBev Foundation)
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Goldberg discussed the pilot in Columbus, Ohio, in some detail. This pilot was launched at the end of 2016 with a steering committee representing the mayor's office, The Ohio State University's College of Public Health, AB InBev's corporate social responsibility division, Columbus Distributing & Delmar Distributing, the city's epidemiology office, and the city's family health administrator.
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THE EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON THE HEALTH OF URBAN POPULATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM LATIN AMERICA Latin America, Olga Sarmiento (University of Los Andes) said, is highly urbanized: More than 80 percent of the population lives in urban areas, and the region includes 19 of the 30 most unequal cities in the world.
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She explained, "Our recommendation for the city of Bogotá is to keep having those stations at least 600 meters apart if one of the effects for TransMilenio is related to healthy behaviors, which, in this case, is walking." Sarmiento and her collaborators have also evaluated connections between mental health and the availability of good public transportation systems. In one study of 11 Latin American cities, her team found that longer, more delayed commutes were associated with more depressive symptoms.
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She noted that the alcohol industry can be a valuable partner because of its expertise in reaching specific audiences with various communication and marketing strategies.
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