TY - JOUR
T1 - Farmers' Markets
T2 - Costs Compared With Supermarkets, Use Among WIC Clients, and Relationship to Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Related Psychosocial Variables
AU - Wheeler, Ashley L.
AU - Chapman-Novakofski, Karen
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Objective: To determine fruit and vegetable (FV) costs at farmers' markets (FMs) and grocery stores, determine Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children participants' FV intake and psychosocial predictors, and compare FM users and nonusers. Methods: Prices were collected biweekly from grocery stores and FM vendors. Participants were recruited from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic to complete a survey of FV intake, psychosocial variables, and FM usage. Results: The FM cost was greater. A total of 377 participants (51%) used FMs. The FM users more often ate vegetables as snacks and > 1 vegetable per day (P <.05). Conclusions and Implications: Despite higher costs, FMs were often used. The FM users had a better vegetable intake pattern.
AB - Objective: To determine fruit and vegetable (FV) costs at farmers' markets (FMs) and grocery stores, determine Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children participants' FV intake and psychosocial predictors, and compare FM users and nonusers. Methods: Prices were collected biweekly from grocery stores and FM vendors. Participants were recruited from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic to complete a survey of FV intake, psychosocial variables, and FM usage. Results: The FM cost was greater. A total of 377 participants (51%) used FMs. The FM users more often ate vegetables as snacks and > 1 vegetable per day (P <.05). Conclusions and Implications: Despite higher costs, FMs were often used. The FM users had a better vegetable intake pattern.
KW - Farmers' market
KW - Fruit
KW - Vegetable
KW - WIC
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.11.016
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.11.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 24809999
AN - SCOPUS:84899745149
VL - 46
SP - S65-S70
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
SN - 1499-4046
IS - 3S
ER -