Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Nov 2014
Study examining how rural Mexican-American youth use the Internet or short message service (SMS) on mobile devices to access health related information to learn about diet and exercise. Evaluates the use of mobile devices for diet and exercise knowledge and its utility in planning interventions to address obesity among the study population.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Technology for health and human...
Date: 2014
Presents results from a study designed to determine if rural child care centers in western North Carolina meet recommendations for nutrition and physical activity. Also examines whether focusing on nutrition and physical activity is effective in improving the center environment, and if differences exist between school-affiliated and unaffiliated care centers.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Mar 2014
Details a study on the food environment and rate of obesity in New Ulm, Minnesota from 2010-2011. Analyzes survey data related to nutrition in foods from restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience stores in New Ulm. Breaks down data by restaurant type, type of food served, and food portions, among other factors.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: 2014
Examines the socio-demographic characteristics of farmers market participants, the barriers and facilitators to farmers market shopping in southern rural communities, and the associations between farmers market use with fruit and vegetable consumption and body mass index (BMI). Seeks to assess the potential for using farmers markets to increase access to and the consumption of fruits and vegetables in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · The South · Wellness, health...
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...
Date: Oct 2014
Reports on a community-based study to measure and compare the current levels of obesity and associated lifestyle behaviors of physical activity and diets of fruits and vegetables among rural and urban residents in south central Virginia and north central North Carolina.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...
Date: 2014
Overview of StrongWomen Change Clubs (SWCC), an organization developed through an academic-community research partnership to initiate changes to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for women in rural communities in seven states across the country.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: 2014
Examines whether dietary interventions have a greater response among people with a family history of colorectal cancer compared with the general population in rural Virginia. Data was collected by telephone surveys completed at a starting baseline and a one-month follow-up using a 28 question Fat and Fiber Behavior questionnaire. Includes family member and general population sample group data by demographics, education, eating habits, family social support, and other factors.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Nov 2015
Results of a study showing the correlation between school policies allowing sports drinks and student body mass index. Features statistics such as percentages of schools offering sugar-sweetened beverages or salty snacks, number of overweight and obese students, and percentages of schools in city, suburb, or rural locations.
...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Minnesota...
Date: Feb 2015
Examines 2 rural Midwest U.S. communities, one community serving as the control and the other receiving the Waupaca Eating Smart (WES) intervention designed to improve the food environment and promote healthy eating in restaurants and supermarkets. Includes statistics on nutrition environment scores, customer satisfaction with food choice availability, and food purchase history for both before and after the intervention.
...health · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...