Availability and Promotion of Healthful Foods in Stores and Restaurants ― Guam, 2015

Chronic disease, which is linked to unhealthy nutrition environments, is highly prevalent in Guam. The nutrition environment was assessed in 114 stores and 63 restaurants in Guam. Stores had limited availability of some healthier foods such as lean ground meat (7.5%) and 100% whole-wheat bread (11.4...

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Autores principales: Lundeen, Elizabeth A., VanFrank, Brenna K., Jackson, Sandra L., Harmon, Brittani, Uncangco, Alyssa, Luces, Patrick, Dooyema, Carrie, Park, Sohyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5510303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28704176
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd14.160528
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Sumario:Chronic disease, which is linked to unhealthy nutrition environments, is highly prevalent in Guam. The nutrition environment was assessed in 114 stores and 63 restaurants in Guam. Stores had limited availability of some healthier foods such as lean ground meat (7.5%) and 100% whole-wheat bread (11.4%), while fruits (81.0%) and vegetables (94.8%) were more commonly available; 43.7% of restaurants offered a healthy entrée or main dish salad, 4.1% provided calorie information, and 15.7% denoted healthier choices on menus. Improving the nutrition environment could help customers make healthier choices.

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