Delta Food Outlets Study

The Delta Food Outlets Study was an observational ancillary investigation of the Delta Healthy Sprouts Project. The community and consumer nutrition environments of the towns in which Delta Healthy Sprouts participants resided were measured to assess availability, price, and quality of healthful food choices. Food outlets included grocery stores, convenience/corner stores, and restaurants. These 12 towns are located in 3 Lower Mississippi Delta counties -- Bolivar, Humphreys, and Washington.

Publications

Thomson JL, Goodman MH, Landry AS. Measurement of nutrition environments in grocery stores, convenience stores, and restaurants in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2020;17:190293. DOI: 10.588/pcd17.190293.

Goodman MH, Thomson JL, Landry AS. Food environment in the Lower Mississippi Delta: food deserts, food swamps, and hot spots. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health [serial online] 2020;17(10):3354. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103354.  

Datasets

The 3 datasets and corresponding data dictionary are available on Ag Data Commons.