Mobile and home-based vendors' contributions to the retail food environment in rural South Texas Mexican-origin settlements.
Mobile and home-based vendors' contributions to the retail food environment in rural South Texas Mexican-origin settlements.
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移动和家庭的供应商对南德克萨斯州墨西哥 - 原始定居点的零售食品环境的贡献。
DOI：
10.1016/j.appet.2012.04.012
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发表时间：
2012-10
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影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Sharkey, Joseph R.
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作者：
Valdez, Zulema;Dean, Wesley R.;Sharkey, Joseph R.
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美国少数族裔移民中肥胖和超重的高发率引起了人们越来越多的关注，人们开始关注这些社区中健康食品的可得性和可及性。然而，农村、贫困和服务不足地区的小规模贩卖机通常被忽视；然而，这种非正式的活动和食物来源在这样的环境中尤其重要，或“食物甜点”，传统的工作形式和主流的食物渠道是有限的，甚至没有。这项探索性研究调查了两种类型的小型食品自动售货机，它们发生在农村殖民地，或沿德克萨斯州南部与墨西哥边境的墨西哥裔定居点：移动和家庭。本研究使用在德克萨斯州殖民地生活和工作的23个供应商的便利样本，确定了流动和家庭食品供应商及其业务的相关特征及其对农村食品环境的贡献。研究结果显示，移动和家庭自动售货机为殖民地居民提供了各种各样的食品和饮料选择，并表明家庭供应商提供了更多种类的食品选择，包括一些更健康的食品，而移动食品供应商提供和销售有限范围的产品。研究结果可能有助于制定创新的政策解决方案和干预措施，以增加健康食品选择或减少移民社区的健康差距。
A growing concern with high rates of obesity and overweight among immigrant minority populations in the U.S. has focused attention on the availability and accessibility to healthy foods in such communities. Small-scale vending in rural, impoverished and underserved areas, however, is generally overlooked; yet, this type of informal activity and source for food is particularly important in such environs, or “food desserts,” where traditional forms of work and mainstream food outlets are limited or even absent. This exploratory study investigates two types of small-scale food vending that take place in rural colonias, or Mexican-origin settlements along the South Texas border with Mexico: mobile and home-based. Using a convenience sample of 23 vendors who live and work in Texas colonias, this study identifies the characteristics associated with mobile and home-based food vendors and their businesses and its contributions to the rural food environment. Findings reveal that mobile and home-based vending provides a variety of food and beverage options to colonia residents, and suggests that home-based vendors contribute a greater assortment of food options, including some healthier food items, than mobile food vendors, which offer and sell a limited range of products. Findings may contribute to the development of innovative policy solutions and interventions aimed at increasing healthy food options or reducing health disparities in immigrant communities.
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影响因子：
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作者：
Dean, Wesley R.;Sharkey, Joseph R.;St John, Julie
通讯作者：
St John, Julie
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
Dean, Wesley R.;Sharkey, Joseph R.
通讯作者：
Sharkey, Joseph R.
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
Dunn, Richard A.;Sharkey, Joseph R.;Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.
通讯作者：
Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.
影响因子：
2.6
作者：
Dean, Wesley R.;Sharkey, Joseph R.
通讯作者：
Sharkey, Joseph R.
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
Crowley, Martha;Lichter, Daniel T.;Qian, Zhenchao
通讯作者：
Qian, Zhenchao