Nutrition Transition in California: Examination of the Nutrition Profile
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Before the industrialization of agriculture, farming was inherently organic and locally supplied as food processing was in an incipient stage. Industrialization and the subsequent Green Revolution gave rise to the organic movement which protested the use of DDT and other synthetic pesticides and herbicides. Currently, the locavore movement in the United States has been gaining traction as interest in sustainability has been increasing. The purpose of this project is to assess whether this movement is indicative of a nutrition transition from a pattern of dietary-related degenerative disease to a pattern of behavioral change. The area of study will be the state of California and analyses will be at the county level, which will represent " community ". Nutrition transition patterns are the result of a myriad of social and economic factors, but for the purpose of this project, the focus will be on the nutrition profile which includes diet and nutritional status. For comparative purposes, demographic data such as income, education, racial categories, and poverty will be included. Diet will be determined by utilizing per capita food availability as proxy data for consumption. Nutritional status will be evaluated by rates of obesity and diabetes. Aggregate data will be used for this paper's analysis. 3 Annotated Bibliography Jarosz, L. (2008). The city in the country: growing alternative food networks in metropolitan areas. Jarosz conducts a qualitative case study on growing alternative food networks in metropolitan areas. Her study, focused on the Seattle metropolitan area, asserts that urbanization and rural restructuring are vital to the development of alternative food networks. She also discusses the difficulties and challenges of farming in such a network. This study will be useful to my project as it supports the notion that Popkin's nutrition transition pattern of behavioral change will emerge from, and be strongly noted in, urban rather than rural areas. This article presents methods to map aspatial food consumption data of British Columbia while taking into consideration the spatial variability of a population, specifically age and gender. The resultant data is vital in the assessment of local food producers' ability to supply local demand. The article demonstrates how food consumption patterns are directed by age and gender. The methods presented will serve as a guide to my project's assessment of local food supply and demand. (2011b). Methods for mapping local food production capacity from agricultural statistics. This article presents methods to estimate the local food …
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