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Food insecurity

Michael Widener

Associate Professor

  • Campus
    • St. George
  • Faculty
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
    • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • Department
    • Geography & Planning

Areas of Expertise

  • Emergency medical services transportation
  • Food deserts
  • Food environments
  • Food insecurity
  • Health and transportation
  • Healthy food accessibility
  • How transportation networks and infrastructure affect access to health services and healthy opportunities
  • Urban planning and health

Office: 416-946-0270
Website
Email: michael.widener@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Valerie Tarasuk

Professor of Nutritional Sciences

  • Campus
    • St. George
  • Faculty
    • Dalla Lana School of Public Health
    • Temerty Faculty of Medicine
  • Department
    • Nutritional Sciences

Areas of Expertise

  • Food and nutrition
  • Food and poverty
  • Food banks
  • Food fortification in Canada
  • Food insecurity
  • Food policy
  • Nutrition inequities
  • Nutrition labelling

Office: 416-978-0618
Mobile: 647-517-1860
Email: valerie.tarasuk@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

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