Neighbourhood environments and resources for healthy living - A focus on diabetes in Toronto

Glazier R and Booth G.  November 2007   The first Canadian study of its kind, this ICES Atlas examines the role neighbourhoods play in the diabetes epidemic. In the three-year comprehensive study of 140 Torontoneighbourhoods, poverty and immigration were found to be key factors in developing type 2 diabetes. The atlas looks at the following factors related to diabetes prevention and control in Toronto: population density, service density and dispersion, immigration, socioeconomic status, ethnic composition, crime rates, car ownership, access to healthy and unhealthy food, opportunities for physical activity, and access to health care and its relationship to diabetes. Recommendations to address these factors are also presented.

Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Overview [1,144 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 1 - Setting the context [2,528 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 2 - Patterns of diabetes prevalence, complications and risk factors [2,902 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 3, Part 1 - Socioeconomic status and diabetes [2,931 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 3, Part 2 - Socioeconomic status and diabetes [1,831 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 4, Part 1 - Ethnicity, immigration and diabetes [3,088 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 4, Part 2 - Ethnicity, immigration and diabetes [2,985 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 5, Part 1 - Neighbourhood infrastructure [3,087 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 5, Part 2 - Neighbourhood infrastructure [2,388 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 5, Part 3 - Neighbourhood infrastructure [2,531 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 6, Part 1 - Neighbourhood infrastructure and health [2,886 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 6, Part 2 - Neighbourhood infrastructure and health [2,850 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 7, Part 1 - Physical activity and diabetes [2,156 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 7, Part 2 - Physical activity and diabetes [3,021 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 7, Part 3 - Physical activity and diabetes [1,933 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 8, Part 1 - Healthy food and diabetes [2,755 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 8, Part 2 - Healthy food and diabetes [1,730 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 9, Part 1 - Fast food and diabetes [2,206 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 9, Part 2 - Fast food and diabetes [1,453 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 10 - Convenience stores and diabetes [3,325 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 11, Part 1 - Community-based health services and diabetes [2,923 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 11, Part 2 - Community-based health services and diabetes [2,775 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 12 - Access to healthy resources [1,744 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 13 - Neighbourhood profiles [2,227 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Chapter 14 - Summary and policy implications [887 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Appendix A - Guide to atlas maps [985 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Appendix B - Technical notes [691 KB PDF]
Diabetes in Toronto ICES Atlas: Appendix C - Neighbourhoods, City of Toronto, 2001 [1,269 KB PDF]