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Website Search Results for: Food Security

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571. Risks to Health Among American Indian/Alaska Native High School Students in the United States - Resources
Date: Jul 2011

Examines leading health risks among nationally representative sample of American Indian/Alaska Native high school students and compares rates to other racial/ethnic groups. Includes statistical breakdowns by frequency of cigarette and alcohol use, weight status, physical activity level, television and computer use, and healthy food intake.

...youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Tobacco use · Tribal communities...

572. High Food Insecurity and Its Correlates Among Families Living on a Rural American Indian Reservation - Resources
Date: Jul 2012

Studied the association between food insecurity and sociodemographic characteristics on a rural Native American Reservation in South Dakota, Pine Ridge Reservation.

...07/2012 Tagged as Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · South Dakota...

573. Healthy-Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in US Rural Children - Resources
Date: 2012

Describes the association between healthy lifestyle behaviors and the prevalence of overweight and obese ethnically and/or racially diverse, rural school-aged children in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Examines the following healthy lifestyle behaviors: improving diet quality, obtaining adequate sleep, limiting screen-time viewing, and consulting a physician about a child's weight.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

574. Lack of Healthy Food Options on Children's Menus of Restaurants in the Health-Disparate Dan River Region of Virginia and North Carolina, 2013 - Resources
Date: Mar 2015

Community-based participatory research study describing the quality of food on children's menus in 137 restaurants located in three predominantly rural counties in Virginia and North Carolina, areas with high rates of diabetes and obesity among adults. Looked at healthy eating options for rural compared to urban locations and for areas that are predominantly Black, White, and mixed race.

...youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina · Virginia...

575. The CHANGE Study: A Healthy-Lifestyles Intervention to Improve Rural Children's Diet Quality - Resources
Date: Jan 2014

Describes the Creating Healthy, Active and Nurturing Growing-Up Environments (CHANGE) study. CHANGE is a community- and school-based intervention used to assess the quality of students' diets with the goal of preventing unhealthy weight gain among rural school-aged children.

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

576. Home Food and Activity Assessment: Development and Validation of an Instrument for Diverse Families of Young Children - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Outlines and tests an assessment tool that measures the home food and activity environments of geographically and economically varied families of preschool aged children in rural Colorado.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

577. Disparities Persist in Nutrition Policies and Practices in Minnesota Secondary Schools - Resources
Date: Mar 2015

Examines school nutrition policies and practices by school characteristics in Minnesota secondary schools between 2008 and 2012. Compares school nutrition policies by rural versus urban/suburban location and across three main areas: the availability of low-nutrient, energy dense (LNED) items, strategies to engage students in healthy eating, and restrictions on advertising LNED products around the school.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics...

578. Exploration of Factors Influencing Initiation and Continuation of Breastfeeding among Hispanic Women Living in Rural Settings: A Multi-Methods Study - Resources
Date: Aug 2014

Explores the factors that influence breastfeeding among Hispanic women living in rural settings with the objective of developing an educational breastfeeding program to meet the needs of rural Hispanic women.

...Tagged as Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Maternal health and prenatal care · Women...

579. Perceived Reactions of Elementary School Students to Changes in School Lunches after Implementation of the United States Department of Agriculture's New Meals Standards: Minimal Backlash, but Rural and Socioeconomic Disparities Exist - Resources
Date: Aug 2014

Examines the perceptions from school staff regarding student reaction to changes in the school lunch menus, implemented in 2012 according to revised standards required by the USDA's National School Lunch Program. Includes rural versus urban location and socioeconomic data of students.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data...

580. Local Wellness Policy 5 Years Later: Is It Making a Difference for Students in Low-Income, Rural Colorado Elementary Schools? - Resources
Date: Nov 2013

Assesses 45 schools' environmental and policy changes resulting from implementation of a federally mandated program designed to increase physical activity and healthy eating, as a response to the childhood obesity epidemic. Looked at factors including number of minutes of recess per week, minutes of physical education, playground features, total number of fruit and vegetable offerings at meals, presence of a school health team, and familiarity with their district's policy and related state or federal mandates.

...youth · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Colorado...