Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Aug 2019
Overview of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) program, designed to use tribal wisdom to protect and promote physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.
...Disease, 16 08/2019 Food security and nutrition · Funding · Networking and collaboration · Physical activity · Tribal communities...
Date: Aug 2019
Describes interventions implemented on the Winnebago Tribe reservation in rural Nebraska and Iowa, focusing on community-selected and culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental improvements to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes. Strategies include infant and childhood obesity prevention education, promotion of healthy foods and beverages, and improvements to pedestrian safety and built environment.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tribal communities...
Date: Mar 2020
Describes the activities of Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas, also known as High Obesity Program (HOP), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with land grant universities and local Cooperative Extension Offices. HOP was designed to implement evidence-based strategies to improve physical activity and nutrition in mostly rural communities with high rates of obesity to reduce obesity and prevent or control diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Policy · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Mar 2020
Describes the implementation of the High Obesity Program, a program designed to expand access to healthy foods, increase opportunities for physical activity, and reduce obesity and related diseases in high-risk and predominantly rural communities. Efforts were supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cooperative Extension Service (CES).
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Wellness, health...
Date: Feb 2020
Presents a study examining the role of diet and gut microbiota in rates of colorectal cancer. Compares the diets of Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the world, with the diets of rural Africans, who have some of the lowest.
...Cancer · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Alaska...
Date: Jan 2020
Results of a study using surveys, interviews, and garden visits to households in rural, western Pennsylvania to explore behavior and motivations of rural food gardeners and the challenges they face. Discusses the financial, spiritual, and ecological value of gardening, and opportunities for community support.
...initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Self-sufficiency · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Pennsylvania...
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: 2020
Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Jun 2020
Highlights an examination of access to fruit and vegetables in small rural stores across the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Details a survey of several small stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation and discusses the food options in these rural stores.
...Nutrition, 23(9), 1638-1646 06/2020 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Tribal communities · New Mexico...
Date: May 2025
A recorded webinar that focuses on successful nutrition service delivery in Head Start programs across the United States. Highlights actionable strategies from the various food delivery services, including programming specific to rural, remote, and geographically dispersed areas.
...areas. 05/2025 Administration for Children and Families Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools...