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Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)

A multi-dimensional concept that includes domains related to physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning.

Healthy fitness zone

A designated criterion-referenced score on a Cooper Institute Fitnessgram test that indicates the child has a sufficient fitness level to provide important health benefits.

Healthy food outlets

Supermarkets, farmers markets, and produce stores.

Healthy food procurement

The practices used by public institutions to obtain the foods they serve and ensure that these foods promote healthy diets.

Healthy food ratio

This metric is a standardized measure to show the balance of food outlets in a census tract. It is calculated as: Healthy Food Ratio (Healthy food outlets ÷ Total food outlets) x 100.

High food security

No reported indications of food-access problems or limitations.

Hunger

An individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity, or a potential consequence of food insecurity that, because of prolonged, involuntary lack of food, results in discomfort, illness, weakness, or pain that goes beyond the usual uneasy sensation.