Food Store Types, Availability, and Cost of Foods in a Rural Environment
Journal of the American Dietetic AssociationPublished 1 November 2007Open access
Angela D. Liese, Kristina E. Weis, Delores Pluto, Emily R. Smith, Andrew Lawson
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The built nutritional environment in terms of types and number of food stores, availability, and cost of selected food items in a rural area is characterized to underscore the challenges of shopping for healthful and inexpensive foods in rural areas.
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In this rural environment, stores offering more healthful and lower-cost food selections were outnumbered by convenience stores offering lower availability of more healthful foods. Our findings underscore the challenges of shopping for healthful and inexpensive foods in rural areas.
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