Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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: Dec 2022
Reports on actionable steps at the community and policy level to eliminate food deserts in Arkansas. Provides county-level data on food insecurity and benefits programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), as well as working models to alleviate food insecurity in both urban and rural areas.
...Institute Benefit enrollment and application · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Arkansas...
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: 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.
...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Nov 2012
Examines the prevalence of obesity and the environmental factors associated with promoting weight gain and not being conducive to weight loss at a U.S.–Mexico border university serving rural populations.
...11/2012 Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · U.S.-Mexico Border Region...
Date: Sep 2024
Presents a study on the relationship between diet and mental health status of adults over 50 in rural and urban counties in North Dakota. Focuses specifically on lean versus processed protein intake and their correlation with reported rates of depression and anxiety. Breaks down data by demographic characteristics, including rural and urban location, and discusses food access issues in rural communities.
...Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Date: Dec 2024
Interviews 26 residents of a rural Pennsylvania town to explore the impact of the loss of vital places (defined as sources of healthy food, recreational facilities, and social spaces) through a social determinants of health lens. Discusses built environments, economic stability, education, and transportation and their impacts on health and wellbeing.
...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Transportation...
Date: Jul 2024
Provides data on food insecurity in seniors (adults aged 60 and older) and older adults (adults aged 50-59). Includes demographic and socioeconomic data breakdowns related to food insecurity as well as metro versus nonmetro location.
...07/2024 Feeding America Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
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: May 2023
Results of a study exploring, characterizing, and quantifying the social insecurity profile of emergency department patients at a rural teaching hospital in southeastern North Carolina with a large Native American population. Uses data from a survey questionnaire administered in May and June 2018, focusing on food insecurity, transportation insecurity, and exposure to violence.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · Transportation · Tribal communities · North...