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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Food Co-Operatives: A Potential Community-Based Strategy to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Australia.

Seema Mihrshahi, Stephanie R Partridge, Xiaolei Zheng, Divya Ramachandran, Debbie Chia, Sinead Boylan, Josephine Y Chau

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seema MihrshahiDepartment of Health Systems and Populations, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6567-9884
Stephanie R PartridgePrevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5390-3922
Xiaolei ZhengPrevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Divya RamachandranPrevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Debbie ChiaPrevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Sinead BoylanPrevention Research Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia.
Josephine Y ChauDepartment of Health Systems and Populations, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6261-2545
The University of Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Only 5% of Australian children and adults eat enough fruit and vegetables. Two common barriers are high cost and limited access. Food co-operatives ('co-ops') may have the potential to reduce these barriers. We conducted a scoping analysis of food co-ops in the Sydney region to describe their characteristics and objectives. We also conducted a survey of members and non-members of co-ops to assess their fruit and vegetable intake using validated questions. Fifteen food co-ops were identified in the Sydney region and the most common objective was to provide cheap affordable produce. Most co-ops (61%) were in areas of high socio-economic status (SES). Members of food co-ops had a higher vegetable intake than non-members [mean difference (MD) = 0.54 serves/daily; 95% confidence interval (CI) of 0.15 to 0.93] and were also more likely to meet the recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake [odds ratio (OR) = 4.77 (95% CI = 1.15, 19.86)]. Implications of this study are that if food co-ops can be implemented on a wider scale, they hold potential for improving fruit and vegetable intakes.

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FruitVegetablesAdultAustraliaDietFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSocial Classdietfood co-operativesfruitvegetable

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PMID32532100
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