Access to healthy food stores modifies effect of a dietary intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent evidence suggests that opening a grocery store in a food desert does not translate to better diet quality among community residents.

Purpose

This study evaluated the influence of proximity to a healthy food store on the effect of a dietary behavioral intervention on diet among obese adults randomized to either a high fiber or American Heart Association diet intervention.

Methods

Participants were recruited from Worcester County, Massachusetts, between June 2009 and January 2012. Dietary data were collected via 24-hour recalls at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months post-intervention. Based on in-store inspection data, a store was considered as having adequate availability of healthy foods if it had at least one item available in each of 20 healthy food c

SUBMITTER: Wedick NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4339420 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature