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<\/p>\nFarmers\u2019 market shopping is an opportunity to enhance access to healthy foods, especially locally produced fresh foods. Farmers\u2019 market shopping can also be a way to boost fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption. This could positively affect overall diet quality, as greater consumption of F&V is thought to be linked to improved weight maintenance and low chronic disease risk.<\/p>\n
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of farmers\u2019 market shopping on fruit, vegetable, and sugary beverage consumption, as well as to examine barriers to and facilitators of farmers\u2019 market shopping among low-income consumers.<\/p>\n
Between April and July 2013, 205 adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants were asked to complete a quantitative survey of their food purchases. Although the SNAP was conceived to fight hunger and to improve health conditions among low-income individuals in the United States, SNAP participants tend to have lower overall diet quality than their income-eligible non-SNAP participant counterparts. The study was set in Pitt County and conducted as a part of an evaluation of North Carolina\u2019s Community Transformation Grant Project (NC CTG-Project) farmers\u2019 market initiative. The purpose of this initiative was to increase farmer\u2019s market use among North Carolina residents.<\/p>\n
The quantitative survey included questions to assess: Farmers\u2019 market shopping frequency; Awareness of markets; Access to markets; Barriers and facilitators to farmers\u2019 market shopping; Dietary behaviors;\u00a0 Body Mass Index (BMI). Farmers\u2019 market shopping frequency was investigated through questions about purchasing locally grown F&V from farmers\u2019 market, community-supported agriculture, roadside stand or pick-your-own produce farm. An awareness score was established in function of knowledge of market locations.<\/p>\n
To quantify the access to markets, they used a Google Application Programmable Interface, while barriers and facilitators were identified with a list of possible choices. Participants were also free to add additional barriers to farmers\u2019 market use which were not on the list. F&V, sugary beverage consumption and fast-food consumption were measured to explore dietary behaviors. Finally the BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight.<\/p>\n
Mean age and mean BMI were 37.5 years and 32.4 kg\/m2 respectively. Three quarters of participants were black\/African American, 84% were female and 56% had at least a high-school education. In the past 12 months, 43% reported having shopped at a farmer\u2019s market or produce stand. Mean daily F&V consumption was 4.0 servings per day, with 4.7 and 3.6 servings per day respectively for those who ever versus never shop in farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n
Table 1 : Barriers and facilitators of market\u2019s shopping
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The most frequently mentioned barrier was lack of SNAP\/EBT being accepted at the market (Table 2). There was a positive relation between F&V consumption and farmers\u2019 market shopping, suggesting that shopping at farmers\u2019 markets is related to greater F&V consumption and possibly better overall diet quality.<\/p>\n
Table 2: Barriers and facilitators of farmer\u2019s market shopping among Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) in eastern North Carolina, USA, April-July 2013
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By determining the barriers and facilitators, it was possible to identify how to promote \u201cdirect farm-to-consumer venues\u201d.
\nMore efforts should be taken to improve financial, social and geographical access to local farmers\u2019 markets. This could have a positive impact on residents\u2019 diet quality, and also improve local agricultural economies.<\/p>\n
Based on:<\/strong> Jilcott Pitts SB, Wu Q, Demarest CL, Dixon CE, Dortche CJ, Bullock SL, McGuirt J, Ward R, Ammerman AS. Farmers\u2019 market shopping and dietary behaviours among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. Public Health Nutr. 2015 Sep;18(13):2407-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-70735","article_revue","type-article_revue","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"auteur":"","source":"","revue":[{"ID":70413,"post_author":"22","post_date":"2020-04-20 10:18:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-04-20 08:18:55","post_content":"","post_title":"13 - September 2016","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"13-september-2016","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-04-20 10:18:55","post_modified_gmt":"2020-04-20 08:18:55","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/?post_type=revue&p=70413","menu_order":185,"post_type":"revue","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"position":"3","references":""},"yoast_head":"\n