Increasing access to fruits and vegetables: Perspectives from the New York City experience

R. Sacks, S.S. Yi and C. Nonas

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 5, e29-e37

Abstract: Broad recognition now exists that price, availability, and other structural factors are meaningful barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, particularly among low-income adults. Beginning in 2005, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene used the social-ecological model to develop a multifaceted effort to increase fruit and vegetable access citywide, with emphasis in lowincome neighborhoods. Overall, the percentage of New York City adults who reported consuming no fruits and vegetables in the previous day decreased slightly over a 10-year period (2002:14.3% [95% confidence interval = 13.4%, 15.2%]; 2012:12.5% [95% confidence interval = 11.4%, 13.6%]; Pfor trend

Keywords: catering service; commercial phenomena; cooperation; demography; fruit; health promotion; human; organization and management; poverty; socioeconomics; United States; vegetable, Commerce; Cooperative Behavior; Food Supply; Fruit; Health Promotion; Humans; New York City; Poverty; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors; Vegetables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302587

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