Journey to work: the potential for modal shift?

Article Abstract:

Many Britons would be unwilling to cycle or walk to work, according to research undertaken among employees at Oxford Brookes University. There is a particular unwillingness to cycle, and it is clear that even the provision by employers of facilities such as showers and storage for cycling equipment would not persuade many more people to cycle to work. The factor deterring most people from walking or cycling to work is distance. Unwillingness to cycle or walk because of distance could only be overcome if employers were prepared to run a health education campaign making employees aware of the future health benefits of becoming more active.

Health aspects, Public opinion, Cycling, Walking, Commuting

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Access to healthy foods: part II. Food poverty and shopping deserts: what are the implications for health promotion policy and practice?

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There is strong evidence that income and resources have a significant impact on food behaviour in the UK. Against this background, questions should be raised about whether health promotion and wider food policy should focus more on access to an affordable source of healthy food. It is clear that encouraging poorer consumers to eat more healthily is ineffective if these consumers do not have access locally to inexpensive healthy foods. Health promoters must now create new alliances with professions and interests with which they have previously had little contact, such as planners and competition specialists.

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Access to healthy foods: part I. Barriers to accessing healthy foods: differentials by gender, social class, income and mode of transport

Article Abstract:

Healthy eating is a lower priority for people from lower-income and lower-social-class groups in the UK than for those from higher-income and higher-social-class groups, according to data from the UK Health Education Authority's 1993 Health and Lifestyles Survey. Those on low incomes are not unaware of the importance of healthy eating, but have other priorities. Access to transport clearly has a significant impact on shopping behaviour, with the poorest people being the least likely to use supermarkets. Income also strongly influences both what people buy and where they shop.

Social aspects, Income distribution

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