Using Mobile Fruit Vendors to Increase Access to Fresh Fruit and Vegetables for Schoolchildren

Preventing chronic disease

June M. Tester¹ 

关键词: Preventing Chronic Disease;    PCD;    CDC;    nutrition;   

DOI  :  10.5888/pcd9.110222

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

【 摘 要 】

This study explored the extent to which schoolchildren purchased precut and bagged fruits and vegetables from a mobile fruit vendor (frutero). During 14 days in fall 2008, a frutero sold fruits and vegetables at the entrance of an elementary school; 59% of the frutero’s 233 consumers of 248 items were elementary-school students. With each successive day, an average of 1 additional bag of fruits and vegetables was sold by the frutero and 1.5 fewer nonnutritious foods by a competing vendor. Policies encouraging the sale of nutritious foods from mobile food vendors may increase access for schoolchildren.

【 授权许可】

CC BY