Peer Reviewed: A Participatory Regional Partnership Approach to Promote Nutrition and
Physical Activity Through Environmental and Policy Change in Rural Missouri - PMC Back to …

Purpose: Rural residents are at greater risk of obesity than urban and suburban residents.
Failure to meet physical activity and healthy eating recommendations play a role. Emerging …

Community interventions to improve access to food and physical activity resources can
reduce obesity rates and improve obesity-related health outcomes. We describe a Kentucky …

Background The Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan provides a framework
in which policy makers can work together to build and support healthy environments for …

There is increasing recognition that community-based approaches may have merit in
improving physical activity and healthy eating behaviors. The “Challenge for a Healthier …

Background Intervention research in rural, health disparate communities presents unique
challenges for study design, implementation, and evaluation. Challenges include 1) …

Obesity prevalence is higher among rural populations than urban, which may be related to
differences in environments. Rural counties face barriers to accessing healthy foods and …

Discussion: All community coalitions were successful in driving policy and environmental
changes to promote healthy eating and active living. This program contributes to the practice …

Background More than half of all Americans live with at least one chronic disease, such as
heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity (Boersma et al., 2020). Chronic diseases …

Over the past few decades, the health benefits of physical activity have been well
documented.~ Physical inactivity is increasingly recognized as a significant risk factor for …