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731. Development and Implementation of a Food System Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Rural Hawai'i
Date: Jul 2011

Report on the Healthy Foods Hawaii intervention trial in four rural communities, which aimed to improve the diets of children and decrease obesity rates. Includes information about the impacts of access to transportation, education, and healthy foods.

...foods. Author(s) Rachel Novotny, Vinutha Vijayadeva, Vicky Ramirez, et al. Citation Hawaii Medical Journal, 70(7 suppl 1), 42-46 Date 07/2011 Type Document Tagged as Access · Children and youth · Food security...

732. Smart Moo-ve Nourishing Brains, Bones and Bodies Toolkit
Added: Nov 2023

A toolkit geared toward rural healthcare providers to ensure pediatric patients are being educated on USDA MyPlate nutrition guidelines. Educational materials such as a storybook, coloring book, handouts, and more are free to users after filling out a form.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

733. Healthy-Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in US Rural Children
Date: 2012

Describes the association between healthy lifestyle behaviors and the prevalence of overweight and obese ethnically and/or racially diverse, rural school-aged children in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Examines the following healthy lifestyle behaviors: improving diet quality, obtaining adequate sleep, limiting screen-time viewing, and consulting a physician about a child's weight.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

734. The CHANGE Study: A Healthy-Lifestyles Intervention to Improve Rural Children's Diet Quality
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...

735. Associations Between County and Municipality Zoning Ordinances and Access to Fruit And Vegetable Outlets in Rural North Carolina, 2012
Date: Dec 2013

Examines associations between healthy food zoning scores derived from information on local zoning ordinances, county demographics, and residents' access to fruit and vegetable outlets in 15 rural northeastern North Carolina counties. Includes data for all 15 counties by race/ethnicity, poverty, percent of population living in a food desert, obesity rates, and percent rural population.

...food desert, obesity rates, and percent rural population. Author(s) Mariel Leah Mayo, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Jamie F. Chriqui Citation Preventing Chronic Disease, 10 Date 12/2013 Type Document Tagged as Food security...

736. Differences in Response to a Dietary Intervention Between the General Population and First Degree Relatives of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Date: 2014

Examines whether dietary interventions have a greater response among people with a family history of colorectal cancer compared with the general population in rural Virginia. Data was collected by telephone surveys completed at a starting baseline and a one-month follow-up using a 28 question Fat and Fiber Behavior questionnaire. Includes family member and general population sample group data by demographics, such as ethnicity, education, eating habits, family social support, and others.

...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

737. The Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program: Response of Rural, Local Newspapers to a Program Press Release
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.

...03/2014 Type Document Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

738. Assessing the Food Environment of a Rural Community: Baseline Findings From the Heart of New Ulm Project, Minnesota, 2010-2011
Date: Mar 2014

Details a study on the food environment and rate of obesity in New Ulm, Minnesota from 2010-2011. Analyzes survey data related to nutrition in foods from restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores in New Ulm. Breaks down data by restaurant type, type of food served, and food portions, among other factors.

...food portions, among other factors. Author(s) Raquel F. Pereira, Abbey C. Sidebottom, Jackie L. Boucher, Rebecca Lindberg, Rebecca Werner Citation Preventing Chronic Disease, 11 Date 03/2014 Type Document Tagged as Access · Food security...

739. Statewide Dissemination of a Rural, Non-Chain Restaurant Intervention: Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance
Date: Jun 2014

Describes a point-of-purchase intervention conducted in 28 owner-operated restaurants in 26 rural counties in the Midwest. Features statistics with characteristics of adopters and non-adopters.

...Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Iowa...

740. Comparisons of Weight Change, Eating Habits and Physical Activity Between Women in Northern Sweden and Rural New York State - Results from a Longitudinal Study
Date: Aug 2015

Reports on a study that compares women living in Northern Sweden and rural New York State on changes in weight over a 10 year period. Identifies and compares the eating habits, physical activities, and vulnerability to the negative effects of unhealthy behaviors for both female population groups.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Women · New York...