Section B Marshall Islands Healthy Stores

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Section B
Marshall Islands Healthy Stores
The Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Majuro
3
Large Store in Majuro
4
Small Store in Majuro
5
Small Store Interior
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Feeding of Children
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Research in the Marshall Islands
 
Pilot work in households, 1996–1998
 
Observational study of intra-household food allocation, 1998–1999
 
Home visit intervention trial, 1999–2000
 
Food store intervention trial, 2001
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Percent in BMI Category, Marshallese Adults
 
Percent in BMI category, Marshallese adults by sex (pilot)
Sex
Underweight
(BMI < 18.5)
Normal
(18.5 < BMI < 25)
Overweight
(25 < BMI < 30)
Obese
(BMI > 30)
Male
3.4
46.2
29.0
21.0
Female
4.1
35.4
29.2
31.3
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Body Fat, by Age and Sex
 
Trends in percent body fat for Marshallese men and women
Female
Male
Source: Wellens, R. I., Roche, A. F., Khamis, H. J., et al. (1996). Relationships between the body mass index and body
composition. Obesity Res, 4, 1, 35–44.
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Undernutrition in Marshallese Children (Pilot Study)
Age group, yrs.
Stunted
(HAZ < - SD)
Low weight for age
(WAZ < -2 SD)
Wasted
(WTHTZ < -2 SD)
1–4.9
(n = 138)
35.5
28.3
5.1
5–9.9
(n = 248)
36.3
17.3
0.8
10–18
(n = 324)
43.5
17.6
0.7
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Marshall Islands Food Store Intervention
 
Urban atoll only
 
Three large stores
 
Nine small stores
 
Four-stage promotional period over three
months in 2001
 
Stocking healthy alternative foods
 
Mass media
-  Radio announcements, posters, newspaper ads
 
In-store promotions
-  Cooking demonstrations, taste tests, shelf labels, recipe cards
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Food Store Intervention Evaluation
 
Stores
-  Sales of key foods, pre–post
- 
 
Attitudes towards promoting healthy foods
Customers (n = 100 pre, 185 post)
-  Purchase of key foods
-  Label reading and diabetes knowledge
-  Cooking practices
-  Exposure to program
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Number of Different Exposures to In-Store Source (%)
Format
1
or
more
2
or
more
3
or
more
4
or
more
5
or
more
6
or
more
7
or
more
8
or
more
Shelf labels
42
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
Cooking demos
61
55
47
34
24
18
16
6
Recipe cards
59
56
52
48
35
26
22
20
Posters (saw)
79
74
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
Posters (read)
67
63
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
n = 185
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Label Reading Intervention and Diabetes Knowledge
 
Effect of exposure to the intervention on label reading and diabetes
knowledge*
Cognitive
variable
In-store
exposure OR
95% CI
Mass media
exposure OR
95% CI
Diabetesrelated
knowledge
1.076
1.027–1.128
1.077
1.006–1.153
Label-reading
knowledge
1.113
1.059–1.169
1.147
1.066–1.234
*Adjusted for age, sex, and education level
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Exposure to Intervention on Healthy Purchases
 
Effect of exposure to the intervention on purchasing of healthy
foods1,2
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Exposure to Intervention on Healthy Purchases
 
Effect of exposure to the intervention on purchasing of healthy
foods1,2
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