Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Sep 2017
Describes differences in obesity rates among U.S. counties based on rurality, region, poverty level, and ethnicity. Analyzes access to physical activity facilities, food environments, and settlement patterns, defined as residential density and car dependence, to determine potential explanations for geographic variations.
...data · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Poverty · Rural-urban differences...
Date: May 2013
Describes variations in high school students' access to sugar-sweetened beverages through vending machines by geographic location, and offers an approach to analyze school vending machine foods. Includes rural versus urban data by vending machine beverage options and front advertisement.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Jun 2012
Explores the prevalence differences between U.S. rural and non-rural adults in consuming at least five servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily. Provides state-by-state consumption percentages for both rural and non-rural adult residents, and discusses the link between rural status, fruit and vegetable consumption, chronic disease, and numerous other variables.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state data · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 2013
Examines the feasibility of increasing access to healthy foods available in corner stores by engaging corner store owners and customers in a formative evaluation to gather information to be used in the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initiative. Includes shopping pattern and characteristic data on 179 rural food desert and urban nonfood desert customers in 9 corner stores in North Carolina.
...Disease, 10 07/2013 Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · North Carolina...
Date: Apr 2022
Discusses Appalachia's food systems based on the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 2017 Census of Agriculture, highlighting the connection to economic and community development, environmental health and safety, and public health. Provides case studies of food banks that improve community access to food as well as produce prescription programs that help treat chronic diseases and promote community health.
...promote community health. 04/2022 Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences...
Date: Sep 2010
Examines potential impact that longer commute times and limited access to affordable, healthy food have on the rural obesity disparity. Includes statistical breakdowns by age, weight status, race, education, and income level.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · North...
Date: Jul 2011
Evaluates and compares the rates of overweight, obesity and related health behaviors among rural and urban children using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Apr 2011
Describes barriers rural, low-income families face to access quality, affordable, and healthful food. Concludes that remedies used in urban areas will not help to fix the problem of food deserts in rural areas.
...David Hartley Rural and Remote Health, 11(2), 1631 04/2011 Families · Food security and nutrition...
Date: Aug 2017
Examines fruit and vegetable quality through the use of total phenolic (TP) scores comparing rural and urban consumer food environments in Montana. TP score is a phytochemical measure for health-promoting attributes, flavor, appearance, and shelf-life. Includes data showing TP scores by rurality for both fruits and vegetables.
...Health, 14(8), 924 08/2017 Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Montana...
Date: Jan 2020
Report details an effort to promote water consumption as a replacement for sugary beverages in order to combat obesity in Nebraska schools. Highlights ways the state has increased access to water fountains and water bottle filling stations. Compares rates of obesity to other states for children and adults.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion...