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- Title
Differences in Farmers' Market Patronage among Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
- Authors
Blumberg, Renata; Fowler, Emily; Guerrero, Gabrielle; Bai, Yeon; Mahadevan, Meena; Lal, Pankaj
- Abstract
In the United States, there is a high prevalence of diet-related diseases in low-income communities that lack access to fresh produce. Greater access to local farmers' markets may affect individual and household intake of fruits and vegetables. However, barriers to farmers' market access remain. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the differences between participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) who regularly shop at farmers' markets and those who do not. We found that regular farmers' market shoppers tended to consume on average more fruits and vegetables than WIC participants who did not regularly shop at farmers' markets. Differences in the importance of various store or market characteristics, barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, and fruit and vegetable procurement methods were also found.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FRUIT; CROSS-sectional method; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-evaluation; ENDOWMENTS; FOOD consumption; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; MARKETING; CHILD nutrition; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INFANT nutrition; RACE; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; GOVERNMENT programs; FOOD relief; VEGETABLES; ONE-way analysis of variance; STATISTICS; AGRICULTURAL laborers; FOOD supply; DATA analysis software; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Dietetics, 2024, Vol 3, Issue 2, p179
- ISSN
2674-0311
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/dietetics3020015