Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Apr 2018
Describes how Summer Nutrition Programs reduce food insecurity for low-income children in rural areas and offers strategies that can help rural communities overcome barriers to participation in these programs.
...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Mar 2026
A fact sheet that provides information on the implementation of the Rural Non-Congregate option as an expansion of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option (SSO). Includes spotlights of local programs and their various meal service and distribution methods, delivery options, and partnerships.
...options, and partnerships. 03/2026 Food Research & Action Center Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Policy...
Date: 2018
Describes ways in which the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits rural Americans and offers suggestions to help rural communities overcome barriers to implementing SNAP. Includes a county-level map showing levels of SNAP participation in rural counties from 2012-2016.
...Access · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: 2019
Describes how three predominantly Black North Carolina communities in rural Appalachia addressed their health disparities and improved quality of life with the establishment of a community garden and the promotion of active living.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North...
Date: Feb 2019
Measures the ratio of fast food outlets to grocers in 784 locations across 15 states, and estimates the association of food swamp severity and hospitalization rates. Includes statistics with breakdowns by mostly urban, mostly rural, and completely rural locations.
...02/2019 Access · Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: 2025
Examines the implementation of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) program in the Chickasaw and Cherokee Nations that are located in Oklahoma. Discusses the program's impact on food insecurity in Tribal communities and how to improve participation in the future.
...Benefit enrollment and application · Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Oklahoma...
Date: Nov 2018
Evaluates data from a sample of Appalachian adolescents in Ohio to compare obesity and related behaviors to that of the national adolescent population. Includes comparisons for body mass index (BMI), mean body fat percentage, daily physical activity behaviors, and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...
Date: May 2022
Discusses food insecurity in New Jersey with a focus on groups such as those living in rural areas who are more impacted. Examines community collaboration to address hunger via multiple sectors and actors, such as agriculture, emergency food assistance programs, government, schools, healthcare institutions, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Planning and strategy methods and resources · New Jersey...
Date: 2018
Describes effects of food insecurity in rural areas and offers strategies to increase participation in federal nutrition programs. Includes statistics comparing levels of poverty and food insecurity in rural and metropolitan areas in 2016, and a state-level map with percentages of food insecure households.
...Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state data · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: 2019
Study examining associations between demographic and environmental factors, such as food availability and access to fitness facilities, and prevalence of obesity and poor cardiovascular health (CVH) in the predominantly rural state of Maine. Includes relationships between individual characteristics, like age and income, and risk factors for poor CVH, including smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, poor diet, and diabetes.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...