Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: 2020
Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Aug 2019
Reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impacts of home food gardens on the health status of 176 adults from 96 families of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Compares the rates of obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes among study participants with the state and national disease rates in 2017, and national disease rates of participants from tribal communities in 2015.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health...
Date: Jan 2023
Details the benefits and eligibility requirements of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Offers statistics and demographics on households participating in Nebraska's SNAP. Highlights the effect inflation and the higher cost of food has on low-income populations. Makes recommendations for policymakers to consider when evaluating eligibility limits that affect the availability of food and safeguard against hunger for low-income households.
...Food security and nutrition · Older adults · People with disabilities · Policy · Poverty · Statistics and data · Nebraska...
Date: Jan 2020
Report details an effort to promote water consumption as a replacement for sugary beverages in order to combat obesity in Nebraska schools. Highlights ways the state has increased access to water fountains and water bottle filling stations. Compares rates of obesity to other states for children and adults.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: Aug 2019
Provides a baseline for the prevalence of obesity and low height-for-age in elementary students on Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands in response to initiatives addressing childhood over- and under-nutrition. Compares data by age group, school type, and sex.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Republic of the Marshall...
Date: Aug 2019
Describes interventions implemented on the Winnebago Tribe reservation in rural Nebraska and Iowa, focusing on community-selected and culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental improvements to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes. Strategies include infant and childhood obesity prevention education, promotion of healthy foods and beverages, and improvements to pedestrian safety and built environment.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tribal communities...
Date: Sep 2018
Highlights a report on the Omaha Nation Food System Initiative to provide access to a sustainable source of healthy food for the Native people living on Omaha Reservation. Details the effects of the initiative on health and wellness of the people in the community.
...Center for Rural Affairs Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jun 2026
Provides data on food insecurity in adults aged 50 and older in the United States with breakdowns according to state, demographic variables, and metro versus nonmetro location.
...Dean, Lauren Toppenberg 06/2026 AARP Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Loans, training, technical assistance, and other development services for small businesses in rural Nebraska communities. Eligible recipients of program services may include healthcare providers, healthcare and social determinants of health related businesses, nonprofit human services providers, public agencies, and reservation communities.
...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce education and training · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare facilities...
Date: Nov 2017
Presents a report on a food sovereignty program as a solution to limited food access of the Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska. Discusses the barriers to healthy food access on the reservation and proposed solutions to increasing access.
...Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...