Access to Healthy Food Resources: Effectiveness and Accessibility of Using a Website Interface

Zoey Zhao
MFA Design Research and Development, 2019

Thesis Abstract:
Food deserts are an increasingly prevalent problem in affluent nations and the cause of which lies in socioeconomic status of communities, geographical location/layout of food markets, and the mobility constraints of residents getting to and from as well as within the stores themselves.

All communities having equal access to healthy food options has become my goal to achieve. My research study examines and compares current inequitable access to healthy foods in rural and urban communities. Based on the information that I have collected, reviewed, and analyzed, I have developed the basic groundwork of using website and phone applications which are readily accessible to everyone. Low-income residents are the target audience because they are the most effected about food access.

Being in love with art and design her whole life, Zoey Zhao is interested in designing engaging product experiences for humans. She has a unique skill set of design strategy, user research, information architecture and user interface design. Zoey also considers utility as a great passion for design, allowing many fields of design including integrating painting, illustration, photography and traditional handcraft techniques to influence her pieces.

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