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
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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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author Byker Shanks, Carmen
Ahmed, Selena
Smith, Teresa
Houghtaling, Bailey
Jenkins, Mica
Margetts, Miranda
Schultz, Daniel
Stephens, Lacy
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description 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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spelling pubmed-45521372015-09-10 Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014 Byker Shanks, Carmen Ahmed, Selena Smith, Teresa Houghtaling, Bailey Jenkins, Mica Margetts, Miranda Schultz, Daniel Stephens, Lacy Prev Chronic Dis Brief 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4552137/ /pubmed/26270742 http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150158 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Byker Shanks, Carmen
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Houghtaling, Bailey
Jenkins, Mica
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Schultz, Daniel
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Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014
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title_full Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014
title_fullStr Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014
title_short Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014
title_sort availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables in 12 rural montana counties, 2014
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url 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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