Access to Healthy Food Outlets in the East Midlands

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• Access to Healthy Food Outlets in the East
  Midlands

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What are we going to do?

• Map accessibility to food outlets most likely to
  sell fresh fruit and vegetables using POI dataset
• Grocers, Convenience Stores General Stores, farm
  shops pick your own markets and supermarkets
• Analyse by different modes of transport
• Walking, cycling and public transport
• 20 minute accessibility indicator
• Identify those areas where there is poor access
  to healthy food outlets, and why

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Outcomes

• Proposed first step in measuring accessibility to
  food outlets in an area
• Identify where further insight might be needed
• Maps will be published for each PCT in the region
• Briefing to be provided with each map on key
  findings, potential next steps
• Potential for informing local transport plans to
  improve accessibility to outlets for risk groups

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