Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jul 2015
Describes a peer-based obesity prevention program focused on healthy eating and physical activity for rural Appalachian high school students, with college students serving as facilitators.
...Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools...
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: 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: 2023
Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Mental health · Policy · Poverty · Schools · Social determinants of health...
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: Aug 2018
Reports national estimates of malnutrition during non-maternal and non-neonatal hospital inpatient stays in 2016, with information for six different categories of malnutrition. Includes data by location of patient residence for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
...Quality Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Inpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
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...
Date: Mar 2025
A recorded webinar that discusses strategies to maximize the impact of non-congregate meal service in rural areas. Includes information on regulations, tools to locate suitable rural areas, operational considerations, program models, and more. Transcript available below description.
...Transcript available below description. 03/2025 No Kid Hungry Food security and nutrition · Legislation and regulations...
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 2023
Provides the presentations from the 2023 Rural Child Hunger Summit, with a focus on best practices and innovative solutions from experts invested in addressing food access for rural children. Includes videos of the presentations and their corresponding slide decks as well as information on the presenters.
...information on the presenters. 10/2023 No Kid Hungry Children and youth · Food security and nutrition...