2013 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 13-16
Decreasing number of neighborhood shops and the advancement of an aged society have introduced the 'food access problem' in Japan. The seriousness of the problem differs with characteristics of the areas, the problem is likely to come to the surface in housing complexes built around 1970. This paper reports the present situation of the problem in UR Yashio-Danchi (Saitama Prefecture) to provide information to consider measures to cope with the problem.<br>It is revealed that aging leads to the shift of the means of transportation from bikes and cars to walking and buses through a questionnaire survey of 78 elderly residents living there. It makes elderly people feel inconvenience in daily shopping and decrease the frequency of going shopping. There is concern over the eating habits and the health of the elderly people.
