Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jul 2016
Master's degree thesis providing results of a study to determine causes of obesity in 6 counties of rural Kentucky, using data collected from February to August 2015. Offers suggestions to reduce obesity in these areas. Features statistics on demographics, prevalence of obesity, and related conditions.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
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...
Date: Dec 2019
Discusses the impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on rural communities, addressing rural-specific needs, challenges, and considerations related to program implementation. Describes rural health disparities and food access issues in rural areas, and the potential effects of changes to SNAP on rural participants.
...Health, 109(12), 1641-1645 12/2019 Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Policy...
Date: Mar 2016
Evaluates changes and disparities in school lunch characteristics, using data from 4,630 public schools. Features breakdowns by urban, suburban, town, or rural locale.
...03/2016 Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...
Date: Oct 2019
Highlights a study on the perceived barriers to the access of healthy food for rural tribal communities. Bases conclusions on focus group interviews and discusses potential interventions.
...Nutrition, 22(14), 2653-2661 10/2019 Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Public health · Tribal communities...
Date: Sep 2020
Investigates the relationship between place effects, or food environment, and prevalence of chronic diseases in West Virginia. Features data and statistics on how areas with access to different food vendors (hot spots) and those that lack food providers (cold spots) impact diabetes and obesity rates, with information broken down by rural or urban setting.
...Food security and nutrition · Income · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Oct 2018
Describes a collaborative community effort establishing a city market to increase access to healthy food in rural Beaufort County, North Carolina. The Washington City Market provides a venue for local growers to sell their products and matches restaurants in the region with local growers and their products.
...10/2018 Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · North Carolina...
Date: May 2020
Examines the effectiveness of the initial phase of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) program, an evidence-based program designed to help churches develop policy, methods, and environmental change to support physical activity and health eating within their congregation. Study was implemented in rural, medically underserved Fairfield County, South Carolina with 59 churches participating. Members were predominantly Black/African American and affiliated with the Baptist denomination.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Public health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jun 2020
Highlights an examination of access to fruit and vegetables in small rural stores across the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Details a survey of several small stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation and discusses the food options in these rural stores.
...Nutrition, 23(9), 1638-1646 06/2020 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Tribal communities · New Mexico...
Date: 2019
Episodes of the radio program "Inside Appalachia," exploring challenges faced by elderly people in Appalachia, and the resources available to them. Topics include caregiver shortages, Alzheimer's disease, dying with dignity, and isolation and loneliness.
...Food security and nutrition · Home and community-based services · Hospice and palliative care · Informal caregivers...