Discover the relationship between food deserts and diet-related diseases and conditions.
Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy is a new way of looking at information about health and nutrition in our state. The map uses GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology to visualize data. It can help government agencies, nonprofits and other organizations identify gaps in services and improve access to nutritious food.
Florida’s Roadmap to Living Healthy is available to everybody. There’s a lot you can do on the Roadmap without creating an account, but there are even more features when you register as a Roadmap Champion.
As a Roadmap Champion, you can upload data to create custom maps and archive them in the Roadmap application for future reference. Roadmap Champions can customize the layout of their mapping dashboards and have access to the Roadmap Open Data Portal.
The map has the potential to help us make real impact on the quality of life in Florida. By improving access to nutritious food, we can reduce diet-related illnesses, reduce the strain on our healthcare system, improve academic performance and improve workplace productivity.
