title: Rural versus urban Texas WIC participants' fruit and vegetable consumption.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption among urban and rural Black Texas WIC participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 673 WIC mothers and their 351 children from the TEXFAN study. T-tests, Pearson chi-squared test, and regressions were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among children, differences were found for fruit consumption but not vegetable. Urban children were offered and consumed a greater variety of F&V. Mothers' F&V intake was related to age, pregnancy status, and breastfeeding status.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides  insight into a subsection of the WIC population. Further research should be done regarding increasing the amount and variety of F&V consumed by WIC women and children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. rgittens@cc.hawaii.edu
authors.forename: Reynolette
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ettienne-Gittens
authors.forename: E Lisako J
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: McKyer
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odum
authors.forename: Cassandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Diep
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girimaji
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Murano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies / Q000379:methods; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013781:Texas; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014675:Vegetables