Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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.
...Gettysburg College, Center for Public Service Research Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania...
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.
...Seth M. Noar Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 04/2015 Food security and nutrition · Schools · North Carolina...
Date: Apr 2015
Summarizes findings from 29 rural studies of obesity prevention interventions using nutrition-related and environmental strategies. Includes interventions in school, tribal, farmers market, and other settings. Discusses common strategies for adapting and implementing these programs in rural communities.
...Pitts, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 04/2015 Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control...
Date: Feb 2015
Examines 2 rural Midwest U.S. communities, one community serving as the control and the other receiving the Waupaca Eating Smart (WES) intervention designed to improve the food environment and promote healthy eating in restaurants and supermarkets. Includes statistics on nutrition environment scores, customer satisfaction with food choice availability, and food purchase history for both before and after the intervention.
...health · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Mar 2015
Examines school nutrition policies and practices by school characteristics in Minnesota secondary schools between 2008 and 2012. Compares school nutrition policies by rural versus urban/suburban location and across three main areas: the availability of low-nutrient, energy dense (LNED) items, strategies to engage students in healthy eating, and restrictions on advertising LNED products around the school.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics...
Date: Mar 2015
Community-based participatory research study describing the quality of food on children's menus in 137 restaurants located in three predominantly rural counties in Virginia and North Carolina, areas with high rates of diabetes and obesity among adults. Looked at healthy eating options for rural compared to urban locations and for areas that are predominantly Black, White, and mixed race.
...youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina · Virginia...
Date: 2015
Explores the partnership between cancer researchers and community members who worked together to develop county-specific media campaigns to improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates and fruit and vegetable consumption in Appalachian Ohio. Covers the experiences of community members featured in the media campaigns. Includes demographic information for both media campaigns, such as sex, education, personal history of CRC, and first-degree relative with CRC.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Nov 2014
Study examining how rural Mexican-American youth use the Internet or short message service (SMS) on mobile devices to access health related information to learn about diet and exercise. Evaluates the use of mobile devices for diet and exercise knowledge and its utility in planning interventions to address obesity among the study population.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Technology for health and human...
Date: Oct 2014
Reports on a community-based study to measure and compare the current levels of obesity and associated lifestyle behaviors of physical activity and diets of fruits and vegetables among rural and urban residents in south central Virginia and north central North Carolina.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...
Date: Sep 2014
Outlines and tests an assessment tool that measures the home food and activity environments of geographically and economically varied families of preschool aged children in rural Colorado.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...