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501. Maintenance of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Behaviors Among Adolescents and Their Caregivers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Examines intake of sugar-sweetened beverages among rural, Central Appalachian students and their caregivers at 19 months after their participation in the Kids SIPsmartER behavior-change intervention, which focused on reducing intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) via classroom-based lessons for middle school students and an SMS strategy for their caregivers.

...Families · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

502. Understanding the County Role in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Resources
Date: Mar 2019

Describes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in terms of its role in the country's social safety-net and the ways counties help fund SNAP services to support low-income residents. Examines disparities in food insecurity between urban and rural areas, and features a county-level map showing food insecurity rates as of 2016. Also describes how SNAP supports local businesses and economies, and helps maintain food access in rural counties.

...Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

503. Opportunities and Challenges Addressing Access to Healthy Food in Five Rural Louisiana Food Stores - Resources
Date: Jul 2019

Results of a rural food store intervention implemented in 3 Louisiana parishes where obesity prevalence was greater than 40%. Describes implications for public health and offers recommendations for future interventions.

...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Louisiana...

504. Rural Health Disparities Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022

Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.

...food security and nutrition, and public health efforts. For more information on this work, see our Community...

505. The Availability of Competitive Foods and Beverages to Middle School Students in Appalachian Virginia Before Implementation of the 2014 Smart Snacks in School Standards - Resources
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...

506. At Tribal Health Clinics, Patients Are Finding Success Managing Diabetes - News
Date: May 1, 2026

The Nez Perce Tribe's Nimiipuu Health Clinic and the Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation offer diabetes management programs, providing patients access to registered dietitians, fitness classes and cooking classes. Source: Northwest Public Broadcasting.

...Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Idaho · Oregon...

507. Summer Meals: Improvements Needed to Address Participation Estimates and Program Challenges - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, U.S. House of Representatives, summarizing the May 2018 Government Accountability Office report on summer meals. Addresses what is known about Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) participation, other summer programs that feed low-income children, challenges in providing rural children with summer meals, and the extent to which the USDA provides assistance.

...Kathryn A. Larin 07/2018 Government Accountability Office Access · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Poverty...

508. HRSA Highlights Opportunities for Health Centers to Advance Nutrition-Focused Care to Prevent Chronic Disease - News
Date: May 13, 2026

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is encouraging HRSA-funded health centers to expand efforts to promote proper nutrition as part of the Administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative. Expanding access to food-based interventions can help improve health outcomes for patients with chronic diseases and other conditions. Source: Health Resources & Services Administration.

...Access · Chronic disease management · Clinics · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

509. Barriers, Benefits and Behaviors Related to Breakfast Consumption among Rural Adolescents - Resources
Date: Mar 2016

Analyzes perceived barriers, benefits, and modifiable behaviors that support or interfere with breakfast consumption in 16 racially and economically diverse rural high schools in Minnesota. Includes data for students who reported skipping breakfast in three categories: overall, 0-2 days, or 3 or more days, by socioeconomic status (SES), race, grade, sex, weight categories, breakfast beliefs, barriers, and benefits scales.

...Health, 86(3), 187-194 03/2016 Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Minnesota...

510. Kansas Healthy Food Initiative - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Technical assistance and financing designed to increase access to affordable, healthy food to improve the health and economic development of communities in Kansas.

...Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kansas...