Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014

We assessed the consumer food environment in rural areas by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS–S) to measure the availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables. We randomly selected 20 grocery stores (17 rural, 3 urban) in 12 Montana counties using the 2013 U...

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Autores principales: Byker Shanks, Carmen, Ahmed, Selena, Smith, Teresa, Houghtaling, Bailey, Jenkins, Mica, Margetts, Miranda, Schultz, Daniel, Stephens, Lacy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4552137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26270742
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150158
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Sumario:We assessed the consumer food environment in rural areas by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS–S) to measure the availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables. We randomly selected 20 grocery stores (17 rural, 3 urban) in 12 Montana counties using the 2013 US Department of Agriculture’s rural–urban continuum codes. We found significant differences in NEMS–S scores for quality of fruits and vegetables; of 6 possible points, the mean quality score was 4.5; of rural stores, the least rural stores had the highest mean quality scores (6.0). Intervention strategies should aim to increase fruit and vegetable quality in rural areas.

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