Three datasets for nutrition environment measures of food outlets located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of the United States

Authors: Thomson, Jessica; LANDRY, ALICIA - University Of Central Arkansas

Submitted to: F1000Research
Publication Type: Database / Dataset
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/19/2020
Publication Date: 11/9/2020
Citation: Thomson, J.L., Landry, A.S. 2020. Three datasets for nutrition environment measures of food outlets located in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of the United States. F1000Research. 9:1307. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27192.1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27192.1

Interpretive Summary: This publication provides details of three research datasets resulting from the Delta Food Outlets Study. The three datasets contain nutrition environment measures for grocery stores, conveniences stores, and restaurants, respectively, located in five rural Lower Mississippi Delta towns. The purpose of this publication is to describe the three datasets for external researchers who may be interested in making use of them. The datasets are available from the USDA National Agricultural Library’s Ag Data Commons (DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1503704).

Technical Abstract: This data note provides details of a research database containing 266 food outlets located in five rural towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi whose nutrition environments were measured from 2016 to 2018. The food outlet types include grocery stores, convenience stores, full-service restaurants, and fast food restaurants. The purpose of this publication is to describe the three datasets for external researchers who may be interested in making use of them. The datasets are available from the USDA National Agricultural Library’s Ag Data Commons (DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1503704).