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FOOD SWAMP [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Dietetics
OBS

food swamp : Not to be confused with "food desert. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Diététique
CONT

Un nouveau concept émerge de cette étude : les marais alimentaires. [...] Il s'agit de quartiers où l'offre alimentaire est présente, mais principalement composée d'aliments pauvres en nutriments.

OBS

marais alimentaire; marécage alimentaire; bourbier alimentaire : Ne pas confondre avec «désert alimentaire».

OBS

marais alimentaire; marécage alimentaire; bourbier alimentaire : termes entérinés par le Comité de terminologie de Radio-Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Dietetics
CONT

Food deserts are large geographic areas where ... grocery stores are scarce or missing. They are found predominantly in low-income areas, although not everyone living in a food desert is poor. They can be in urban, suburban or rural communities. ... Food deserts aren’t mere inconveniences to the people who live within one; they’re an example of food insecurity and they negatively affect public health.

OBS

food desert : Not to be confused with "food swamp. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Diététique
CONT

Près d’un demi-million de Québécois n’ont pas d’épicerie à moins de 15 minutes de leur domicile, en ville, comme à la campagne. Avec pour conséquence des problèmes de santé publique. Heureusement, des solutions existent. [L'équipe] a enquêté sur ces curieuses zones sans épiceries surnommées les «déserts alimentaires».

OBS

désert alimentaire : Ne pas confondre avec «marais alimentaire», «marécage alimentaire» ou «bourbier alimentaire».

Spanish

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