Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County

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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.

Rachel Gillespie, Emily DeWitt, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Brynnan Dunnaway, Alison Gustafson

Nutrients, 13(7), 2200

06/2021

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