Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts|Qiang Wu|Chelsea L. Demarest|Crystal Dixon|Ciarra Dortche|Sally Lawrence Bullock|Jared T. McGuirt|Rachel Ward|Alice S. Ammerman
Farmers’ market shopping and dietary behaviours among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants
East Carolina University|East Carolina University|East Carolina University|East Carolina University|East Carolina University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|East Tennessee State University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
farmers markets include variety fruits vegetables shopping farmers markets would likely improve diet quality among lowincome consumers well promote sustainable direct farmtoconsumer business models however much known promote farmers market shopping among lowincome consumers therefore purpose present paper examine barriers facilitators shopping farmers markets associations shopping farmers markets selfreported dietary behaviours fruit vegetable sugarsweetened beverage fastfood consumption bmicrosssectional analyses associations farmers market shopping frequency awareness markets access markets dietary behaviours bmidepartment social services pitt county eastern north carolina usabetween april july 2013 supplemental nutrition assistance program snap participants n 205 completed quantitative surveybarriers shopping farmers markets included accept snapelectronic benefit transfer way lack transportation farmers market shopping associated awareness farmers markets estimate 018 se 004 p0001 fruit vegetable consumption positively associated farmers market shopping estimate 106 se 032 p0001our study one first examine snap participants farmers market shopping distance farmers markets dietary behaviours barriers shopping farmers markets increasing awareness existing markets addressed future interventions increase snap participants use farmers markets ultimately improving diet quality highrisk group