Income, Healthy Food Availability, and Consumption Mediate Rural–Urban Health Disparities

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Discusses rural versus urban health disparities and how healthy food availability and consumption mediate disparities. Utilizes national and state-level survey data from Oregon residents regarding their self-reported income, perceived fruit and vegetable (FV) availability, FV consumption, and health status, analyzing their associated mediating effect on rural health disparities.

Benjamin J Smith, A Janet Tomiyama, Deborah H John, Bryan Mantell, Elliot T Berkman

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32(6), 939-952

08/2025

Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Oregon