Using mobile fruit vendors to increase access to fresh fruit and vegetables for schoolchildren.
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.
Preventive Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland, 747 52nd St, Oakland, CA 94609, USA. jtester@chori.org
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003132:Commerce / Q000379:methods*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D018857:Food Packaging; D005522:Food Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005638:Fruit / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012572:School Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D014675:Vegetables / Q000600:supply & distribution*