Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake
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Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake. / Dean, Wesley R.; Sharkey, Joseph R.
I: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Bind 43, Nr. 6, 2011, s. 426-433.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake
AU - Dean, Wesley R.
AU - Sharkey, Joseph R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - To examine the relationship between measures of the household and retail food environments and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in both urban and rural environmental contexts. Design: A cross-sectional design was used. Data for FV intake and other characteristics were collected via survey instrument and geocoded to the objective food environment based on a ground-truthed (windshield audit) survey of the retail food environment. Setting: One urban and 6 contiguous rural counties. Participants: This study involved 2,556 residents of the Brazos Valley, Texas, who were selected through random-digit dialing. Main Outcome Measure: Two-item scale of FV intake. Analysis: Data were analyzed using chi-square analysis, 2-sample . t tests, and linear regression. Results: Distance to supermarket or supercenter was insignificant in the urban model, but significant in the rural model (. β = -.014, . P < .010, confidence interval = -.024, -.003). Conclusions and Implications: Retail food environments have different impacts on FV intake in urban and rural settings. Interventions to improve FV intake in these settings should account for the importance of distance to the retail food environment in rural settings.
AB - To examine the relationship between measures of the household and retail food environments and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in both urban and rural environmental contexts. Design: A cross-sectional design was used. Data for FV intake and other characteristics were collected via survey instrument and geocoded to the objective food environment based on a ground-truthed (windshield audit) survey of the retail food environment. Setting: One urban and 6 contiguous rural counties. Participants: This study involved 2,556 residents of the Brazos Valley, Texas, who were selected through random-digit dialing. Main Outcome Measure: Two-item scale of FV intake. Analysis: Data were analyzed using chi-square analysis, 2-sample . t tests, and linear regression. Results: Distance to supermarket or supercenter was insignificant in the urban model, but significant in the rural model (. β = -.014, . P < .010, confidence interval = -.024, -.003). Conclusions and Implications: Retail food environments have different impacts on FV intake in urban and rural settings. Interventions to improve FV intake in these settings should account for the importance of distance to the retail food environment in rural settings.
KW - Food security
KW - Fruit and vegetable intake
KW - Retail food environment
KW - Rural and urban population
U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.07.001
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21616721
AN - SCOPUS:79955627990
VL - 43
SP - 426
EP - 433
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
SN - 1499-4046
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 255456527