Abstract
Growing Health and Quality of Life: Benefits of Urban Organic Community Gardens
Highlights
The way in which cities have grown, with heavy air and noise pollution, reduced green spaces, a long distance and out of season food based system and limited sunshine access has led to multiple public health challenges
This in turn has prompted the emergence of various local and state policies aimed at improving the health and quality of life of urbanites [22,24]
The present study suggests that the practice of horticulture is associated with multiple benefits, ranging from improved health behaviors, improvement in the perception of health status and general quality of life
Summary
The way in which cities have grown, with heavy air and noise pollution, reduced green spaces, a long distance and out of season food based system and limited sunshine access has led to multiple public health challenges. The food industry increasingly introduced foods with low nutritional value, high energy density and rich in additives, saturated fats, sugar and cholesterol. These new dietary patterns, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, are the top risk factors for increases in the prevalence of overweight, obesity, type II diabetes and cardiovascular diseases [19, 16]
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