Associations between frequency of food shopping at different food sources and fruit and vegetable intake among rural residents in upstate New York, USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the frequency of shopping at different food sources and the associations between shopping at different food sources and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake among upstate New York rural residents.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Descriptive statistics and linear mixed models were used.

Setting

Eighty-two rural communities in upstate New York, USA.

Participants

Adults (n 465; 82·3 % female, mean age 51·5 years, mean BMI 31·7 kg/m2).

Results

Within one's community, the majority of participants reported often going to supermarkets (73·1 %). Many participants sometimes or occasionally shopped at superstores (48·0 %), convenience stores (57·9 %), small grocery stores or local markets (57·2 %), farmers' markets or FV stores (66·6 %), dollar store

SUBMITTER: Lo BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688899 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature