Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Assessing the Rural Food Environment, Part 1

Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Assessing the Rural Food Environment, Part 1

Introduction Obesity prevalence in the rural United States is higher than in urban or suburban areas, perhaps as a result of the food environment. Because rural residents live farther from supermarkets than their urban- and suburban-dwelling counterparts, they may be more reliant on smaller corner s...

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Main Authors: Melissa Nelson Laska, PhD, RD, Joseph R. Sharkey, PhD, MPH, RD, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, PhD, Karamie R. Bringolf, MPH, Katherine K. Lawton, MPH, Jared T. McGuirt, MPH, Elizabeth Wall-Bassett, PhD, RD, Jo Morgan, MAEd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-07-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
healthy corner stores
communities putting prevention to work
CPPW
nutrition
chronic disease
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0318.htm

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