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Amanda Philyaw, BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, College of Public Health, 4301 W MARKHAM ST, SLOT #820, Little Rock, AR 72205, (501)686-6802, philyawamandag@uams.edu

Research indicates that consumer habits, preferences, and demographic characteristics influence decision-making about food source selection and purchasing with ethnicity and gender being strong predictors of preference regarding convenience, taste, and price. This study explores how residents in two different urban settings make daily food source choices, the factors that influence these choices, and variation between consumers. Interviewer-administered surveys were conducted with a convenience sample (n = 372) of farmers market and fast food patrons in the South Bronx, NY borough. Demographic variables including age, postal code, gender, diagnosed medical condition, and household composition were collected. The analysis revealed similarities between settings in health condition, household size, and how convenience, quality, variety, and price rank in importance for purchasing decisions, but differences in average food source choice by meal time. These findings can direct development of nutrition interventions in urban low-income minority communities by highlighting distinctive characteristics of food patrons by setting.

Learning Objectives: After viewing this poster, the participant will understand how to

• Assess factors that influence food source selection by urban minorities.
• Identify differences in food choice preferences between patrons of two types of food source settings in an urban community.
• Apply these findings to the development of urban community-based nutrition interventions for low-income minorities.

Keywords: Food and Nutrition, Health Behavior

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