Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents
Author
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Ward, Rachel K; Wu, Qiang; McGurt, Jared T; Bullock, Sally L.; Lancaster, Mandee F; Raines, Justin; Ammerman, Alice S.
Abstract
Background: Context and purpose of the study. To examine (1) associations between county-level zoning to support
farmers’ market placement and county-level farmers’ market availability, rural/urban designation, percent African
American residents, and percent of residents living below poverty and (2) individual-level associations between zoning
to support farmers’ markets; fruit and vegetable consumption and body mass index (BMI) among a random sample of
residents of six North Carolina (NC) counties.
Methods: Zoning ordinances were scored to indicate supportiveness for healthy food outlets. Number of farmers’
markets (per capita) was obtained from the NC-Community Transformation Grant Project Fruit and Vegetable Outlet
Inventory (2013). County-level census data on rural/urban status, percent African American, and percent poverty were
obtained. For data on farmers’ market shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and BMI, trained interviewers
conducted a random digit dial telephone survey of residents of six NC counties (3 urban and 3 rural). Pearson
correlation coefficients and multilevel linear regression models were used to examine county-level and individual-level
associations between zoning supportiveness, farmers’ market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption
and BMI.
Results: At the county-level, healthier food zoning was greater in more urban areas and areas with less poverty.
At the individual-level, self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with healthier food zoning.
Conclusions: Disparities in zoning to promote healthy eating should be further examined, and future studies
should assess whether amending zoning ordinances will lead to greater availability of healthy foods and changes
in dietary behavior and health outcomes.
Date
2015
Citation:
APA:
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo, & Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell, & Ward, Rachel K, & Wu, Qiang, & McGurt, Jared T, & Bullock, Sally L., & Lancaster, Mandee F, & Raines, Justin, & Ammerman, Alice S.. (January 2015).
Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents.
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MLA:
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo, and Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell, and Ward, Rachel K, and Wu, Qiang, and McGurt, Jared T, and Bullock, Sally L., and Lancaster, Mandee F, and Raines, Justin, and Ammerman, Alice S..
"Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents". .
. (),
January 2015.
September 30, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8132.
Chicago:
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo and Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell and Ward, Rachel K and Wu, Qiang and McGurt, Jared T and Bullock, Sally L. and Lancaster, Mandee F and Raines, Justin and Ammerman, Alice S.,
"Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents," , no.
(January 2015),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8132 (accessed
September 30, 2023).
AMA:
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo, Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell, Ward, Rachel K, Wu, Qiang, McGurt, Jared T, Bullock, Sally L., Lancaster, Mandee F, Raines, Justin, Ammerman, Alice S..
Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents. .
January 2015;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8132. Accessed
September 30, 2023.
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