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

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Byker Shanks, Carmen ; Ahmed, Selena ; Smith, Teresa ; Houghtaling, Bailey ; Jenkins, Mica ; Margetts, Miranda ; Schultz, Daniel ; Stephens, Lacy
• 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.
• Subjects:
  • Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150158
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26270742
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4552137
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34226/cdc_34226_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 200.63 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12eda9f80b76326177367f0f65aff174bebea735cd9f623a91ad87689ead40e7e2a09b675bc037d87900ce34881ba33d74b1f658097d090efac7e6b7bbfa9bc5