Experiences

Experience one: Everyone in Guelph-Wellington has physical access to nutritious foods

• There is easy access to nutritious food retail options in every neighbourhood
• Transportation networks easily connect residents to nutritious food
• Municipal buildings (such as recreation centres), long-term care homes, hospitals, childcare centres, schools, etc. offer more nutritious food options than less nutritious ones

• Level of neighbourhood access to retail food outlets and food programs
• Amount of food outlets connected to transportation networks
• Ratio and characteristics of ultra-processed versus unprocessed/less-processed food items available in retail food outlets and institutional food service
• Amount and characteristics of food policies or resources provided enabling food access

Experience two: Everyone in Guelph-Wellington has economic
access to nutritious foods

• More-nutritious options are offered at a
  comparable or cheaper price than lessnutritious
  options in food retailers and
  institutional cafeterias
• Residents have enough money to
  consume a nutritious eating pattern

• Relative affordability of ultra-processed
  vs. unprocessed/less-processed food
  items available in retail food outlets and
  institutional food service
• Level of purchasing power to consume a
  nutritious eating pattern (e.g., Nutritious
  Food Basket measure)
• Level of food insecurity in the region across
  demographic groups

Experience three: Everyone in Guelph-Wellington is equipped with adequate nutrition knowledge and food skills

• Residents prepare and eat home-cooked
  meals most of the time
• Residents have easy and free access to
  educational opportunities to develop food
  kills and nutrition knowledge
• Lots of food infrastructure exists
  (e.g., community kitchens) to support
  food and nutrition education

• Frequency and characteristics of home
  cooked meals consumed by households
• Amount and characteristics of infrastructure
  available supporting the development of
  food skills and nutrition knowledge
• Level of awareness and use of national
  guidelines promoting nutritious eating
  patterns across demographic groups