Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Mar 2014
Details a study on the food environment and rate of obesity in New Ulm, Minnesota from 2010-2011. Analyzes survey data related to nutrition in foods from restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores in New Ulm. Breaks down data by restaurant type, type of food served, and food portions, among other factors.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: 2014
Examines the socio-demographic characteristics of farmers market participants, the barriers and facilitators to farmers market shopping in southern rural communities, and the associations between farmers market use with fruit and vegetable consumption and body mass index (BMI). Seeks to assess the potential for using farmers markets to increase access to and the consumption of fruits and vegetables in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · The South · Wellness, health...
Date: Dec 2013
Examines associations between healthy food zoning scores derived from information on local zoning ordinances, county demographics, and residents' access to fruit and vegetable outlets in 15 rural northeastern North Carolina counties. Includes data for all 15 counties by race/ethnicity, poverty, percent of population living in a food desert, obesity rates, and percent rural population.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: 2014
Overview of StrongWomen Change Clubs (SWCC), an organization developed through an academic-community research partnership to initiate changes to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for women in rural communities in seven states across the country.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Deadline: Sep 9, 2026
Funding to increase access to nutrition services at HRSA-funded health centers.
...recording Federally Qualified Health Centers · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Nov 2013
Assesses 45 schools' environmental and policy changes resulting from implementation of a federally mandated program designed to increase physical activity and healthy eating, as a response to the childhood obesity epidemic. Looked at factors including number of minutes of recess per week, minutes of physical education, playground features, total number of fruit and vegetable offerings at meals, presence of a school health team, and familiarity with their district's policy and related state or federal mandates.
...youth · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Colorado...
Date: 2014
Presents results from a study designed to determine if rural child care centers in western North Carolina meet recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. Also examines whether focusing on nutrition and physical activity is effective in improving the center environment, and if differences exist between school-affiliated and unaffiliated care centers.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Oct 2013
Explores a study of a school-based intervention that mentors young children to reverse obesity health risks in rural Appalachia. Compares two curriculum delivery methods, one using teen mentors and the other adult teachers. Assesses the effects of the number of mentoring sessions attended on the intended outcomes.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Aug 2025
Discusses rural versus urban health disparities and how healthy food availability and consumption mediate disparities. Utilizes national and state-level survey data from Oregon residents regarding their self-reported income, perceived fruit and vegetable (FV) availability, FV consumption, and health status, analyzing their associated mediating effect on rural health disparities.
...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Oregon...
Deadline: Jul 31, 2026
Grant funding for projects related to food retail supply chain resiliency, access to healthy foods, employment, and low-income community revitalization.
...October 30, 2026. Capital funding · Community and economic development · Employment and unemployment · Food security and nutrition · Poverty...