"Food Desert" American Samoa: Assessing Food Desert at School Locations
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2012-07
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American Samoa Community College
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The purpose of this study is to assess if food desert exist at school locations in American Samoa. A food desert is an area that lacks nutritional food. Most of the schools on island are public institutions and the majority of the children attend these schools. This study is about the existence of Food Desert at school locations in American Samoa. The GIS system was used to map all the schools on island and the nearby stores. The Food Checklist was used to survey 23 stores near public schools on the island of Tutuila. All the stores picked were in proximity with public schools. The criteria for market inclusion was that the store was in a public schools’ proximity or public school zone, or was found along common walking routes to schools. The results indicate that school locations in American Samoa are food deserts. Of the twenty-three markets that were assessed in this study, about 74% are visible from school grounds. About 57% did not stock any fruits or vegetables, of the 43% that stocked fruits and vegetables, only 20% scored 4 or above on quantity, quality, and variety
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American Samoa, food security, public schools, grocery stores
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Asifoa-Lagai M. 2012. "Food Desert" American Samoa: assessing food desert at school locations. Pago Pago, AS: American Samoa Community College. 21 pages
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21 pages
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