Availability and Cost of Healthy Foods in a Large American Indian Community in the North-Central United States.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease. 15:E03, 2018 Jan 04PMID: 29300694Institution: MedStar Health Research InstituteForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Commerce | *Food Supply/ec [Economics] | *Healthy Diet/ec [Economics] | *Indians, North American | Humans | Poverty | Rural Population/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data] | United StatesYear: 2018Local holdings: Available online through MWHC library: 2004 - presentISSN:- 1545-1151
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To understand the local food environment in a rural American Indian community, we assessed the availability and price of healthy foods offered at all stores (n = 27) within a 90-mile radius of the town center of a large American Indian reservation. Stores were classified by type, and availability and cost of foods were measured using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores (January-February 2016). Healthy foods were available at most grocery stores (>97%), although the price of foods varied considerably among stores. Having quantified the availability and cost of food, efforts must focus on understanding other structural and contextual factors that influence diet in this community.
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