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  title info:
    title: Food Deserts and Eating Habits of Children Participating in the WIC Program
  name:
    name part: Jewell, Kassi Kae
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Murano, Peter S.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: The USDA's "My Plate" recommends that preschool-aged children consume specific amounts of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. These foods contain essential nutrients that children and adults alike require to maintain good health. Researchers have shown, however, that a significant number of children do not consume the recommended amounts of these foods, specifically vegetables and whole grains. Investigators have become increasingly interested in food deserts and whether living in these areas results in lower consumption of healthy foods. Food deserts by definition are areas where inhabitants have limited access to nutritious food. This study investigated the fruit, vegetable and whole grain consumption levels for preschool age children living in food desert or non-food desert areas. The NATFAN (National Food and Nutrition Questionnaire) survey of WIC participants was compared to the USDA's food desert location data in order to learn the impact of living in a food desert. Using IBM SPSS to test the hypothesis, separate two-sample t-tests were conducted to determine if the mean difference between frequencies of fruit, vegetable, and whole grain consumption equaled zero. The data showed no difference in consumption of fruits and vegetables between food desert residing children and their non-food desert counterparts. There was, however, a difference in means for the consumption of whole grains. Specifically, food desert residing participants were consuming less brown rice. Using consumption amounts estimated from frequency data, it was discovered that, overall, WIC participants were under consuming fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151351
  note: by Kassi Kae Jewell.
  note: "Major Subject: Nutrition"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Science Texas A & M University 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151351
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Nutrition
  subject:
    topic: WIC
  subject:
    topic: Food desert
  subject:
    topic: Fruit
  subject:
    topic: Vegetables
  subject:
    topic: Whole Grains
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151351
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 140320
    record change date: 20151206092738.0
    record identifier: in00003455135
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng