Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Nov 2015
Results of a study using telephone interviews and online surveys to examine barriers and facilitators to participation in voluntary school meal programs such as farm-to-school and school garden programs.
...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Oct 2015
Describes the mid-intervention results of the Men on the Move Growing Communities (MOTMGC) program that works to change the dietary behaviors among rural African Americans in Missouri by providing nutrition education and access to fruits and vegetables through community gardens. Includes data at baseline and mid-intervention by sex, age, income, education, and perceived income adequacy.
...10/2015 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Missouri...
Date: Oct 2015
Analyzes the rural-urban differences in the prevalence of adult obesity, and the high risk obesity-related behaviors of physical inactivity and poor diet.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Nov 2015
Results of a study showing the correlation between school policies allowing sports drinks and student body mass index. Features statistics such as percentages of schools offering sugar-sweetened beverages or salty snacks, number of overweight and obese students, and percentages of schools in city, suburb, or rural locations.
...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Minnesota...
Date: Sep 2015
Examines nutritional quality of foods and beverages available in 8 rural Virginia middle schools. Includes statistics with breakdowns by number of foods and beverages offered, number that were compliant with USDA National School Lunch Program standards, percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches, and percentages of components such as sugar, fat, and sodium in available foods.
...Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 09/2015 Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Virginia...
Date: Aug 2015
Assesses consumer food environment in 17 rural and 3 urban Montana grocery stores using Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS-S) to determine availability of quality, fresh food in rural areas.
...Ahmed, Teresa Smith, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 08/2015 Food security and nutrition · Montana...
Date: Oct 2017
Examines the relationship between 17 rural Appalachian Kentucky grocery stores' social marketing efforts to promote healthy eating and the frequency of fruit and vegetable purchases. Features statistics on survey participants' demographics and influence of recipe cards on purchase of ingredients including fruits and vegetables.
...Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kentucky...
Date: Jul 2015
Describes a peer-based obesity prevention program focused on healthy eating and physical activity for rural Appalachian high school students, with college students serving as facilitators.
...Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools...
Date: Jul 2015
Evaluates the effectiveness of a community assessment tool focused on the built environment and used to capture images such as sidewalks, walkable destinations, restaurants, and food stores, in an effort to identify barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and active living. Includes resident perspectives on community features and opportunities for improvement.
...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Physical activity · Technology for health and human services · Wellness, health...
Date: Aug 2023
Identifies specific health challenges in Pennsylvania and indicates where the largest improvements can be made. Features sections on social determinants of health, access to care, substance use, chronic diseases, mental health, maternal and infant health, injury and violence prevention, infectious diseases and immunization, Health Professional Shortage Areas, and environmental health. Includes references to rural throughout.
...Food security and nutrition · HIV and AIDS · Health disparities · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce...