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871. Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Discusses efforts to improve nutrition of rural Appalachian citizens through community-developed marketing strategies. Examines statistical differences in food purchases at 5 Kentucky gas stations before and after healthier options were noted on station shelves via a "Smart Snack" logo.

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

872. Losses, Gains, and Changes to the Food Environment in a Rural Kentucky County during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Results of a study conducted in rural Laurel County, Kentucky, regarding changes to the food environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Offers suggestions for future programming to address inequitable access and response during public health emergencies.

...Access · Appalachia · Emergency preparedness and response · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Public health · Kentucky...

873. The Impact of a Grocery Store Closure in One Rural Highly Obese Appalachian Community on Shopping Behavior and Dietary Intake - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Results of telephone surveys of people in Martin County, Kentucky, a highly obese community in which healthy food accessibility is scarce and which experienced the closure of a local grocery store in January 2020. Includes demographics for the participants, and compares their food shopping habits at the time of the initial contact with those at the time of a follow-up survey a year later.

...Health, 19(6), 3506 03/2022 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Kentucky...

874. Availability and Promotion of Healthful Foods in Stores and Restaurants--Guam, 2015 - Resources
Date: Jul 2017

Assessment of nutrition environment in 114 stores and 63 restaurants in Guam. Includes statistics on availability of various foods and promotion of healthy choices, with breakdowns by store size and restaurant type.

...07/2017 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Guam...

875. Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in a Rural Appalachian Food Desert - Resources
Date: Jan 2013

Describes predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that affect eating a Mediterranean diet in a rural Appalachian food desert in Kentucky. Includes study participant characteristics, such as age, education, and household income.

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

876. Gender and Age Are Associated with Healthy Food Purchases via Grocery Voucher Redemption - Resources
Date: Jul 2014

Explores the association of age, gender, education, and income level with purchasing healthy foods using a grocery voucher in rural Appalachian Kentucky, an area considered a food desert with higher rates of chronic disease. Includes data on the purchase of a designated voucher food item by age, sex, education, and income.

...disease · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Kentucky...

877. A Sentiment and Keyword Analysis of College Food Pantry Stigma Among Users and Nonusers - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Analyzes food pantry stigma among college students at a rural Appalachian university. Examines responses from an online survey that provides information on student food insecurity, demographic information, stigma associated with food pantry use, and more.

...Development, 13(3), 152-164 06/2024 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Stigma · North Carolina...

878. Reestablishing and Reviving Great Lakes Intertribal Food Systems to Heal Tribal Communities - Resources
Date: May 2025

A video featuring tribal leaders of the Menominee Indian Tribe residing in Wisconsin and their efforts to reclaim traditional food sustenance practices. Discusses issues such as food insecurity in tribal communities and how traditional indigenous agriculture can improve health and sustainability. Transcript available below description.

...Medical College of Wisconsin Culture · Food security and nutrition · Sustainability of programs · Tribal communities · Wisconsin...

879. Rural Adults' Perceptions of Nutrition Recommendations for Cancer Prevention: Contradictory and Conflicting Messages - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Explores perceptions of web-based nutrition recommendations for colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention, utilizing interview data from 48 rural men and women aged 50 to 73 who participated in a CRC prevention intervention. Identifies challenges related to contradictory recommendations, cultural and dietary preferences, and information gaps. Includes discussion of factors promoting CRC screening.

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

880. Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops Implemented with Rural Hispanic Women - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Describes a pilot study investigating whether delivering Eat Healthy, Be Active (EHBA) workshops through promotoras is a practical and culturally relevant method for encouraging healthy lifestyle behaviors and reducing obesity among Hispanic women in rural areas of Washington state. Includes data and statistics, with information on changes in nutrition label literacy, food insecurity, health behaviors, and health status among participants.

...Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data...