Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Dec 2021
Results of a study to assess the nutrition and physical activity environments in rural South Dakota communities with high rates of obesity, to understand whether there are common strengths and challenges that emerge across communities. Features a comparison of availability of various healthful food options between grocery and convenience stores and pricing for healthful vs. regular food options in grocery stores and convenience stores.
...Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · South Dakota...
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.
...Rural and Remote Health, 11(2), 1631 Date 04/2011 Tagged as Families · Food security and nutrition...
Date: 2017
Describes and evaluates the Adams County Grocery Store SNAP Incentive for Produce in Winter/Early Spring – a program in rural Pennsylvania for residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to assist them in purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables.
...Food Policy Council, Gettysburg College Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania...
Date: Jun 2014
Identifies factors in accessing healthy, affordable food in rural areas of the U.S. and outlines a rural food policy research agenda.
...Health, 14, 592 Date 06/2014 Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Policy · Research methods and resources...
Date: Apr 2015
Describes parents' and school staff's perceptions of school food in four rural North Carolina elementary schools, and their views about potential changes designed to enhance appeal of school meals containing more fruits and vegetables.
...Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 Date 04/2015 Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Schools · North Carolina...
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.
...Smith, et al. Citation Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 Date 08/2015 Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Montana...
Date: Apr 2015
Presents the results of a study to better understand the experience of food insecurity in rural Adams County, Pennsylvania and to examine the impact of a community-based program developed to increase access to and consumption of local, healthy foods.
...Center for Public Service Research Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania...
Date: Dec 2015
Results of a study using interviews conducted at 15 food stores in 8 rural eastern Oregon communities, to determine owners' perspectives on customer demand for healthy snacks and beverages, space constraints, vendor influence, and perishability. Includes statistics on percentages of stores stocking single-portion and multiportion units of specific foods and beverages.
...Chronic Disease, 12 Date 12/2015 Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Oregon...
Date: Feb 2017
Evaluates the implementation of a mobile farmer's market in California that was intended to increase access to fresh produce in a rural area. Discusses the program, evaluation methods used, and lessons learned.
...Behavior, 49(2), 166-174 Date 02/2017 Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · California...
Date: Oct 2021
Explores food insecurity as experienced by older adults in rural Indiana. Provides maps showing places to access food in southern Indiana as well as demographic information of interviewees compared to national averages, such as income, race and ethnicity, presence of disability, and more. Discusses issues such as transportation, living alone, and closure of congregate meal sites.
...Nutrition, 17(5), 593-614 Date 10/2021 Tagged as Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Indiana...