Food Access, consumption and shopping patterns in two low income neighborhoods in New Orleans

4423.0
Improving the food environment in underserved areas.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Oral

Session Objectives: Formulate methods to improve the food environment in underserved areas.

Moderators:

Stephanie Silvera, PhD, CPH and Brennan Rhodes-Bratton, MPH

4:30pm

Prices for healthy food vary by store type in low-income areas, but vary less for junk food
Kathryn Hillstrom, Ed.D.,RD,CDE, Valerie Ruelas, LCSW, William McCarthy, PhD and Ellen Iverson, MPH

4:50pm

5:10pm

Income differences in food choice and social control of eating behaviors among southern rural women
Melissa J. Vilaro, MPH, CPH, Tracey E. Barnett, PhD, Barbara Curbow, PhD, Jamie Pomeranz, PhD, CRC, CLCP and Anne Mathews, PhD, RD

5:30pm

Food Access, consumption and shopping patterns in two low income neighborhoods in New Orleans
Jeanette Gustat, PhD, Yu-Sheng Lee, Keelia O'Malley, MPH, Brian Luckett, PhD, MPH, Leann Myers, PhD, Leonetta Terrell, Lisa Amoss, Erin Fitzgerald, MPH, Peter T. Stevenson and Carolyn C. Johnson, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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