Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Apr 2017
Reports on changes in the number of low-income and low-access (LILA) census tracts between 2010 and 2015 for rural and urban areas. Briefly describes changes to the low-access or low-income aspect for rural census tracts that became LILA tracts in 2015.
...Research Service Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Reviewed: Apr 2025
Monthly publication of the Economic Research Service. Covers the ERS research and analysis on economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural America. Coverage includes topics related to the social determinants of health for rural people.
...Economic Research Service Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Population health · Poverty · Statistics and data...
Date: Mar 2020
Special publication featuring articles from the Preventing Chronic Disease journal. Includes articles highlighting programs that address the high rates of obesity in rural communities across the U.S. Each study evaluates the methods and efficacy of the interventions and discusses their implications on public health more broadly.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Public health · Statistics and data...
Date: Sep 2015
Gives average costs of congregate and home-delivered meals provided by the Nutrition Services Programs and explores whether costs vary by how meals are prepared or by other program characteristics. Includes statistics with breakdowns by urban, suburban, or rural or frontier service areas.
...Research Tagged as Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Sep 2024
Presents data on adult and childhood obesity rates, with breakdowns by state and select demographic characteristics. Examines current and emerging policies, provides funding opportunities, and outlines recommended policy actions. Includes a special feature about food environments and systems.
...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Policy · Social...
Date: Jul 2018
Examines variability in prices for WIC purchases in 4 WIC State agencies, using data on 2014 Electronic Benefit Transfer transactions. Features statistics including geographic distribution of WIC vendors by State agency, with breakdowns by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated locations.
...Access · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Women...
Date: Aug 2023
Presents a study exploring the efficacy of the Water is K'é pilot program which is designed to increase water consumption among young children in the Navajo Nation. Evaluation draws on the perspective of teachers and caregivers who were interviewed about their children's water consumption.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: May 2016
Examines associations between pesticide exposure and fruit and vegetable consumption in children of farmworkers and non-farmworkers in a rural agricultural setting throughout multiple growing seasons.
...Children and youth · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Washington...
Date: Feb 2022
Chart comparing rural and urban economic impacts of the USDA's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) during the period of high unemployment from 2009-2014. Uses USDA Economic Research Service data, USDA Food and Nutrition Service data, and 2014 U.S. base level data from IMPLAN Group, LLC.
...Tagged as Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Jan 2017
A brief that discusses regions of the country with low-income and limited access to supermarkets and how they demonstrate the connection between poverty and access to healthy food. Includes a comparison of urban and rural locations as connected to low-income and low-access tracts.
...Research Service Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...