Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014.
Prev Chronic Dis
; 12: E128, 2015 Aug 13.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26270742
ABSTRACT
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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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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População Urbana
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Verduras
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Abastecimento de Alimentos
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Frutas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article