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641. Food-Related Practices and Beliefs of Rural US Elementary and Middle School Teachers - Resources
Date: Jun 2016

Results of a study examining personal health and eating habits, classroom food practices, beliefs about the school food environment, and nutrition knowledge of 102 teachers from 8 rural school districts in northeastern Oregon.

...Remote Health, 16(2), 3821 06/2016 Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Oregon...

642. The Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program: Response of Rural, Local Newspapers to a Program Press Release - Resources
Date: Mar 2014

Analyzes 22 stories from rural, local newspapers prompted by a press release regarding their local restaurant participating in the Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program, a health promotion program, to determine the overall response rate, quality of coverage, and promotion provided by local media. The program was implemented in 28 restaurants and all restaurants were owner-operated, family style, sit-down restaurants in counties designated as rural.

...Practice, 15(2), 217-222 03/2014 Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

643. The CHANGE Study: A Healthy-Lifestyles Intervention to Improve Rural Children's Diet Quality - Resources
Date: Jan 2014

Describes the Creating Healthy, Active and Nurturing Growing-Up Environments (CHANGE) study. CHANGE is a community- and school-based intervention used to assess the quality of students' diets with the goal of preventing unhealthy weight gain among rural school-aged children.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · California...

644. Obesity and Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Rural and Urban Adults in the USA - Resources
Date: Oct 2015

Analyzes the rural-urban differences in the prevalence of adult obesity, and the high risk obesity-related behaviors of physical inactivity and poor diet.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

645. Rural Community Profiles: Stories about Improving Nutrition, Increasing Physical Activity, and Making Schools Healthier - Resources
Date: Aug 2015

Presents summaries of 3 rural community profiles related to physical activity, school wellness, and improving nutrition. Includes information and strategies to promote health.

...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Schools · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

646. Improving the Physical Activity and Nutrition Environment Through Self-Assessment (NAP SACC) in Rural Area Child Care Centers in North Carolina - Resources
Date: 2014

Presents results from a study designed to determine if rural child care centers in western North Carolina meet recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. Also examines whether focusing on nutrition and physical activity is effective in improving the center environment, and if differences exist between school-affiliated and unaffiliated care centers.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness...

647. The 2016 Colorado Health Report Card: Celebrating a Decade of Data - Resources
Date: Jan 2016

Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.

...data · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Poverty · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Colorado...

648. The StrongWomen Change Clubs: Engaging Residents to Catalyze Positive Change in Food and Physical Activity Environments - Resources
Date: 2014

Overview of StrongWomen Change Clubs (SWCC), an organization developed through an academic-community research partnership to initiate changes to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for women in rural communities in seven states across the country.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

649. Utilizing the USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey to Calculate a Household-Level Food Environment Measure - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Offers the Food Retail Environment Healthfulness Quality measure, a calculation measuring a household's exposure to healthy food retail spaces. Uses the measure to show rural and urban comparisons of distance to healthy food options in addition to demographic analysis.

...03/2024 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

650. Urban–Rural Differences in School Districts' Local Wellness Policies and Policy Implementation Environments - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Compares urban and rural local wellness policies (LWPs) and implementation environments of 117 Texas school districts. Provides data on LWP goals, including nutrition and physical activity goals, as well as availability of district wellness plans, LWP assessments, and school health advisory councils. Highlights implications for rural school policy and student health.

...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness...