Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 Jul 18;16:E92. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.190118.
The prevalence of high obesity in rural communities may result from low access to healthy foods. To improve the local food environment, a multicomponent environmental food store intervention was implemented in 3 Louisiana parishes where obesity prevalence was greater than 40%. The intervention consisted of healthy-food demonstrations, in-store marketing, and encouraging store owners to stock healthy items. We documented aspects of the rural food store climate, such as store size and the store owner's willingness to stock healthy items, that affect improving access to healthy food. We found that although the intervention was not effective in shifting purchasing or dietary habits of customers, positive changes in some food store environments did occur. To maximize the effect that rural food store interventions can have on reducing obesity, it is essential to understand aspects of the rural food store climate.
农村社区的肥胖症高发可能源于健康食品的获取途径较少。为了改善当地的食品环境，在路易斯安那州的 3 个肥胖症发病率超过 40%的堂区实施了多组分环境食品商店干预措施。该干预措施包括健康食品示范、店内营销和鼓励店主储备健康食品。我们记录了影响改善健康食品获取的农村食品店环境的各个方面，例如店面规模和店主储备健康食品的意愿。我们发现，尽管该干预措施并没有有效地改变顾客的购买或饮食习惯，但食品店环境确实发生了一些积极的变化。为了最大限度地发挥农村食品店干预措施在减少肥胖方面的作用，了解农村食品店环境的各个方面是至关重要的。
