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PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.150158
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- Montana National Institutes of Health INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence) [415-1081]
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We assessed the consumer food environment in rural areas by using the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey for Stores (NEMS-S) to measure the availability, price, and quality of fruits and vegetables. We randomly selected 20 grocery stores (17 rural, 3 urban) in 12 Montana counties using the 2013 US Department of Agriculture's rural-urban continuum codes. We found significant differences in NEMS-S scores for quality of fruits and vegetables; of 6 possible points, the mean quality score was 4.5; of rural stores, the least rural stores had the highest mean quality scores (6.0). Intervention strategies should aim to increase fruit and vegetable quality in rural areas.
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