Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the "Got Neqpiaq?" project.

ABSTRACT: Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a public health concern in rural remote Alaska Native (AN) communities. Conducting key informant interviews with 22 storekeepers in 12 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska, we explored potential factors impeding or facilitating dietary change towards healthier food choices. We selected these sites as part of a multi-level intervention aimed at introducing more traditional AN subsistence foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and decreasing SSB consumption among young children enrolled in Head Start (preschool) programmes (Clinicaltrials.gov #NCT03601299). Storekeepers in these communities agreed that seasonality and flight schedules were primary factors determining commercial

SUBMITTER: Koller KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8344255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature