Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults
Improvements to the food environment including new store development and more farm-to-consumer approaches (ie, farmers’ markets, roadside stands, pick-your-own produce farms, or community-supported agriculture programs) may aid Americans in making healthier dietary choices. We analyzed data from a s...
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| author | Heidi M. Blanck, PhD Olivia M. Thompson, PhD Linda Nebeling, RD, PhD Amy L. Yaroch, PhD |
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| description | Improvements to the food environment including new store development and more farm-to-consumer approaches (ie, farmers’ markets, roadside stands, pick-your-own produce farms, or community-supported agriculture programs) may aid Americans in making healthier dietary choices. We analyzed data from a subset of respondents (N = 1,994) in the National Cancer Institute’s Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey, a mail survey of US adults. We determined associations between primary grocery shoppers’ region and sociodemographic characteristics and frequency of purchasing fruits and vegetables in the summer from farm-to-consumer venues. A little more than one-quarter (27%) of grocery shoppers reported a frequency of at least weekly use of farm-to-consumer approaches. Older adults and respondents who live in the Northeast were most likely to shop farm-to-consumer venues at least weekly, and no differences were found by sex, race/ethnicity, education, or annual household income. These findings suggest that farm-to-consumer venues are used by many Americans and could be expanded to increase access to fruits and vegetables. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a14a917250964fc99ef4e4d33e8324122023-11-02T09:33:29ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionPreventing Chronic Disease1545-11512011-03-0182Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US AdultsHeidi M. Blanck, PhDOlivia M. Thompson, PhDLinda Nebeling, RD, PhDAmy L. Yaroch, PhDImprovements to the food environment including new store development and more farm-to-consumer approaches (ie, farmers’ markets, roadside stands, pick-your-own produce farms, or community-supported agriculture programs) may aid Americans in making healthier dietary choices. We analyzed data from a subset of respondents (N = 1,994) in the National Cancer Institute’s Food Attitudes and Behaviors Survey, a mail survey of US adults. We determined associations between primary grocery shoppers’ region and sociodemographic characteristics and frequency of purchasing fruits and vegetables in the summer from farm-to-consumer venues. A little more than one-quarter (27%) of grocery shoppers reported a frequency of at least weekly use of farm-to-consumer approaches. Older adults and respondents who live in the Northeast were most likely to shop farm-to-consumer venues at least weekly, and no differences were found by sex, race/ethnicity, education, or annual household income. These findings suggest that farm-to-consumer venues are used by many Americans and could be expanded to increase access to fruits and vegetables.http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/mar/10_0039.htmimproving fruit and vegetable consumptionfarm-to-consumer venues |
| spellingShingle | Heidi M. Blanck, PhD Olivia M. Thompson, PhD Linda Nebeling, RD, PhD Amy L. Yaroch, PhD Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults Preventing Chronic Disease improving fruit and vegetable consumption farm-to-consumer venues |
| title | Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults |
| title_full | Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults |
| title_fullStr | Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults |
| title_short | Improving Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: Use of Farm-to-Consumer Venues Among US Adults |
| title_sort | improving fruit and vegetable consumption use of farm to consumer venues among us adults |
| topic | improving fruit and vegetable consumption farm-to-consumer venues |
| url | http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/mar/10_0039.htm |
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